Too Long A Soldier

I'm amazed on meeting someone who says he thought he was in love once, but feels he's never really loved before. I have loved before, at least four times, but maybe I fall too easily. I've wondered whether I really am the hardened bitch I proclaim to be, and recently I've proven that I'm categorically not.

We are all just shells waiting to be broken. Sometimes we are trodden on and abused, sometimes we are sheltered and cosseted. But sometimes, you just have to accept that you're in too deep to dig yourself out, and therefore leave yourself open to whatever you may have to face.

Unfortunately, love is too strong an emotion to allow us to protect ourselves, however hard we may try. Hence the existence of Love is a Cunt, for if we were able to shield ourselves from the burns, we would never experience true heartbreak.