What is Love?

What is Love? There are many different definitions of love. One states that Love is a profoundly, tender affection for another person. Another defines it as deep passion and sexual desire. I honestly don't believe either of those. I believe we all have to conclude our own definitions of love. Yes, I do believe that it is a profound affection for another person. But with all the media focuses, does that include same-sex relationships? I don't think "LOVE" sees gender. The heart and the mind creates a profound attraction to a certain person, but the mind nor the heart sees gender as a key. If two people are in love, let them be, whether they are heterosexual or homosexual. I feel that love does not define gender. Love is a strange emotion, or a state of being. Love can bring happiness and joy to a person, but it can also end in heartache and sorrow. I cannot define love clearly. It is foggy, sometimes unclear, but when a person is in love, they will know it, feel it in their bones. Love is sort of like a drug that produces the same chemical effect as a "high." People do not want this feeling to end so they will do anything to keep it, even if it ends up hurting other people in the process. Love can be very dangerous and cause people to think un-clearly, and take negative actions against others in order to attain that feeling. When that feeling is lost, emptiness and darkness sets in and the feeling of despair and loneliness takes over. Some feel helpless and afraid that this will not go away. In the end is love really worth all this heartache? I believe so. Nothing in this world is perfect. We need to take the opportunity and fall with it. Love hard and deeply because we can learn from our heartaches and mistakes, and makes life's journey a little more exciting.