I’ve never been a believer of love at first sight.
I have always believed love has a process. I see friendship being its foundation of only a fraction. Then there’s trust, loyalty, honesty among the long list. And I cannot fathom how something as strong and as powerful as love could happen in a split second.
Still, I wonder if one look could be enough…wonder how long it really takes to fall in love with another person. The kind you can never fall out from.
Is there an acquired length of time for two people in love to have known each other before others would stop saying, “but you’ve just met”? To cancel out the judgments?
Is there a mandatory number of days, weeks, or even years before the love between these people can be considered genuine? Something real?
That it isn’t just simple attraction but a much more profound emotion. Something that you couldn’t put into words but only into actions.
That it isn’t just infatuation but an affection as deep as the oceans. As endless as the skies. A love so bright the sun would be jealous.
There are 24 hours in a day. A length of time taken for granted by most. The amount of time one can pour into knowing a person in just one day. About his childhood dream. About her first nightmare. About the thing they both have in common. A total of 1,440 minutes that maybe, probably, is enough to ignite a spark.
So maybe love at first sight is reaching for the skies.
Maybe such a statement that is as foolish as it is magical will always just remain on the pages of a book.
But for now, I will try not to be a nonbeliever.
For the possibilities of life. And of love.
After all, it is possible to learn more than a thousand things about one person in a day.
One thing for every minute of the day.
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