have you ever been in love?

horrible isn't it? it makes you so vulnerable. it opens your chest and it open your heart and it means someone can get inside of you, and mess with you. you build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you. then one STUPID person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your life... you give them a piece of you. they didn't ask for it. they did something stupid like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. love takes hostages. it gets inside you. it eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness. so simple a phrase as 'maybe we should just be friends.' turns into a glass splinter, working its way into your heart. it hurts. not just in the mind. it's a soul hurt. a real, gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. i hate love.

((i'm really not bitter... i just found this. and loved it. thought i'd share.))