A New Love

I understand that feelings can be recycled.

I understand that you can feel the same way towards me, that you once felt towards someone else.
That you can love me, like you loved her.
That you can hate me, like you once hated her.
That these feelings are just that - feelings
That are recycled over and over again
Through this lifetime, and the last.
The next life, and our past.
That love is love - a feeling that can be felt by many.
That disappointment can be felt with anyone, and in any situation.
All feelings are factual....
And validated,
Because many people have them.
And everyone reuses them.

I remind myself that I've loved before.
And I can't feel guilty because I love now, like I loved before.
I can't try to change it into something different
Because love is love, no matter how you look at it.
I remind myself that there are many ways to feel a feeling.
There are many different situations in which to feel them.
These facts can't be changed.
I accept it.
I loved him.
Now I love you.
You loved her.
And now, you love me, too.

The only difference we have now, is time.

Within this time and space,
I've never loved, and I love you.

In this time and space,
I have never been loved, like I am loved by you.



And that...
Makes this new.




S.L. (c) 8/10/08