Mankind has never known something so ambiguous yet endlessly sought after. One of the most special things about love is everyone has a different definition for it. Love can be one thing to a person but so many things to someone else. It can also be a state of being, a dream, or even something to avoid, but the greatest thing is that each person can define what it means to them. Love will be what each person lets it be. Whether their love is finite or boundless, they define it. In Wislawa Szymborska's poem "True Love," she allows the reader to experience the ups and downs of true love. The way it can pull a person so many ways and cause them to think differently. There is a certain type of energy that reflects of people in love. There are no words to describe it, but everyone around them feels it, according to Szymborska when she says, “Couldn’t they at least try to hide it, fake a little depression for their friends’ sake” (15-16). Szymborska asks, "True love. Is it normal?" (1). True love is not something people run across everyday and sometimes can take years to find. Many people start from a young age searching for this person and the "elaborate mutual routines" they could have together (20). The search for love can make life difficult, but the passion that love contains is one of the many things that can make the journey worth it. True love motivated people to create the concept of marriage. The first known marriage was held over 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia (The Week).
Marriage can mean many different things to people, just like love. Many people appreciate the thought of love spiritually and legally. Spiritually it means that the two people getting married will stay together as long as they are alive. It says they vow to take care of each other, love each other, and most importantly stay loyal to one another. Legally marriage means something different. In the legal world, marriage gives spouses certain legal rights tha...