True lovers invariably are friends, first. Somehow, lovers not making promises that have to be kept to the significant other, demonstrate a higher or more elevated kind of love, than lovers who merely make and break their promises. Freedom is a wonderful aspect of love, where there are no promises made and thus, no promises broken. The true lover sets his or her lover free. There is an old saying, "Set a bird free; if it comes back to you, it is yours. If it does not come back, it never was." Obviously, the poetess is requesting the same non-promise, from the person who she loves dearly. There is no obligation with respect to disclosure of the other and no inquiry into the possibility of previous lovers. Sometimes, just allowing love to be love and lovers to be lovers is sufficient. While it does seem like frugal fare on another plane of thought, perhaps the agony of unfulfilled and broken promises is far greater. There are times when people who love one another sincerely, know that for whatever reason, that love has to and will remain unrequited. There can be a certain amount of pain in this kind of a relationship, but perhaps the reality of a higher plane of love numbs that pain. It is sufficient that "I love you and you love me." Promises, from a divine perspective, are perfect promises that can and will be kept. After all, in a heavenly realm, everything is perfect. On a human plane of existence, promises have an element of imperfection. Even though it is possible to keep some promises, it is more than likely that her awareness of the reality of love, on the human plane of existence, rather than on the divine plane of existence, has led Christian Georgina Rossetti to write this wonderful piece of
True lovers invariably are friends, first. Somehow, lovers not making promises that have to be kept to the significant other, demonstrate a higher or more elevated kind of love, than lovers who merely make and break their promises. Freedom is a wonderful aspect of love, where there are no promises made and thus, no promises broken. The true lover sets his or her lover free. There is an old saying, "Set a bird free; if it comes back to you, it is yours. If it does not come back, it never was." Obviously, the poetess is requesting the same non-promise, from the person who she loves dearly. There is no obligation with respect to disclosure of the other and no inquiry into the possibility of previous lovers. Sometimes, just allowing love to be love and lovers to be lovers is sufficient. While it does seem like frugal fare on another plane of thought, perhaps the agony of unfulfilled and broken promises is far greater. There are times when people who love one another sincerely, know that for whatever reason, that love has to and will remain unrequited. There can be a certain amount of pain in this kind of a relationship, but perhaps the reality of a higher plane of love numbs that pain. It is sufficient that "I love you and you love me." Promises, from a divine perspective, are perfect promises that can and will be kept. After all, in a heavenly realm, everything is perfect. On a human plane of existence, promises have an element of imperfection. Even though it is possible to keep some promises, it is more than likely that her awareness of the reality of love, on the human plane of existence, rather than on the divine plane of existence, has led Christian Georgina Rossetti to write this wonderful piece of