Have you ever loved someone?

Have you ever loved someone who didn't love you?

Have you ever loved someone who already loved someone else?

Have you ever loved someone who could only love themselves?

Have you ever loved someone who didn't know how to love?

Have you ever loved someone who's never been loved?

What is love to you?

What was love for them?

Maybe you loved someone in a way they could never understand

Or maybe you were the one who didn't understand.

Regardless we've all felt love.

Love for our pets, our family, our friends, our lovers.

But why do we love?

I was told that we love to find peace.

That we love to feel better.

That we love just to say that we love someone.

That loving is all some people may ever know.

Or something that some people may never truly know.

But why do we really love?

I love because I never had love.

I love hoping that I will be loved back.

I love longing for the affection of something.

I love to push aside my thoughts that overwhelm me.

I love because I'm still trying to figure out what love is.

You and I have loved people, but why don't we still love those people?

Why do I love when I love but hate when that love is gone?

Why do I try for everything but never get it?

Why do I love?

Why do you love?

Why do we love?