What is love?

“What is love?”, she asked.

It has been so long since the last time
she felt in love,
and right now is a different matter.
Right now, things are for real
and not just something you read nor see
through the screen of a monitor or a phone.
This time, the person is real, within reach,
and so close.

This is all new to her.
She doesn’t know what to do
or if even there is something she has to.
She doesn’t know what to answer
or if maybe she doesn’t have to answer at all.
These proposals, these confessions – all
of these being spoken directly to her, personally,
she’s all new to these.

It is both refreshing and frightening to her
for she does not want to make the same
mistakes again.
It’s been so long since she had experienced love
that she doesn’t know anymore what
to love and be loved truly feel like.

She’s not ready to accept the love she deserves,
nor give love and commit herself to someone.
She does not even know if she deserves anyone
at all. Despite her strong personality,
deep inside she is fragile as a glass
and vulnerable as a child.

One day, she will be ready. One day,
she will let love come into her life again.
Someday but not today.