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A word to describe.


No— I would say I love you, but love is too simple a word to describe how I pulse for you. I would say I long for you, but longing is too fragile a word to describe how I want you. I could use a simple sentence, one like 'your existence tilts my world off its axis' but that measly line is not enough to capture your true essence. Because you— your very entity— can only be defined by otherworldly language. You are as beautiful as a burning star a billion galaxies away. You are as fierce as a newly discovered black hole heading to swallow the Earth. You are as divine and graceful as those green-and-purple paintings in space, littered with stars and diamond rain. And please— to even begin to describe the way I feel about you: That, for that, human nature can never formulate a word to describe that. Love is overrated. Longing is worn. Desire is bland. Dedication is comedy. Affection is weak. The way I feel about you cannot ever be categorized by humans till our end. It will be a word to complex to pronounce. A word to strong to abide by. A word all fitting for you. My perfect being. A pinnacle cannot crown you right in my eyes.
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PersonalThemeAbstract

Deeply personal love confession grounded in speaker's concrete feelings for addressee.

SparseMeasureDense

Multiple layered ideas: inadequacy of language, cosmic comparisons, emotional intensity stacked densely.

DarkSentimentBright

Overwhelmingly positive adoration; celebrates beloved despite some frustration with language limits.

StillEnergyExplosive

Passionate exclamations, urgent dashes, cosmic imagery, building intensity throughout the piece.

MicroLengthEpic

Approximately 50 lines; falls solidly in 31-60 line range.

PlainFigurativeOrnamented

Rich with similes, metaphors, cosmic imagery, personification; highly ornamented throughout.

LyricVoiceDramatic

Pure lyric first-person voice directly addressing beloved; interior emotional landscape dominant.

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I love this, I love that. And the worse of it is "i love you". Imagine someone telling you they love you and they go behind your back to tell another person those same three conniving words. You must do this because I love you. I am doing this because I love you. That is not love. It is a rotten form of relationship. Love itself has become infected and holds no value anymore because of the horrid use of it. True "love" should never be able to be captured into words. It should spill from you in uncertain beats towards the partner you admire so much. So send this to the person you are sure you will spend the rest of infinity with.

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