what i wouldn't do...

you've heard this phrase "all is fair in love and war"... is it true though? would you do anything to get what you want? would you cheat, blackmail, deceive, feign friendship, tell lies so you could win or keep the one you love? when you feel betrayed you feel the whole world is against you and has treated you unkindly. then there is the question whether you would have done the same injustice to someone else if you felt you had to, satisfy an ego craving. but then, aren't ego relationships without substance? when you are giving love freely in the ideal world you will not expect anything back, unless it is also freely given. a forced love isn't love. a love won through deceit - can it be love?

but then, don't we build new cities on old graves, new happiness on old pains? birth never happens without blood shed. though this never excuses the pain we cause each other...