Love may be different things to different people. It may be the excitement of a family seafood broil enjoying good food, laughter, and music. To some, love may be the agonizing pain after a heartbreaking disappointment, leading up to some passionate reconciliation. Love may be the decision to endure misery in order to keep the children from growing up in a broken home. Love may be many things. Who better than you to search within and extract greater meaning of the word? There are many definitions and concepts of the word love. There are tons of books with great information stemming from science to religion. Listen to the elders give their account of love based on personal experiences. View a well put together romance on the big screen and try to stop your heart from fluttering. I present you a collection of poetry with the twist of a short story in between. We're going to step into the pool of love and work our way to the deep end. Philosophy alone can ruin your potential to find love if you don't understand how it applies to real life situations. Scientific and religious ideas sound good regurgitated, but offers little when the heart is involved. Where was philosophy when you were young at heart and saw your first crush smiling back at you from the distant? Where was philosophy when you stole your first kiss and thoughts of forever drowned out negative sounds of insecurity? Where was philosophy when you left a person who loved you dearly for someone you found to be undeniably more attractive, physically? Yes, science and religion has great theories and principles applicable to these situations, but the only thing considered at that moment was the moment itself. As we work our way to the deep end, the idea of love will become less and less spooky and intimidating. Some people cringe at the word, others want to do away with it completely. As we work our way to the deep end, I will attempt to answer the most common love and relationship questions. Am I a PhD or relationship expert? Certainly not; I'm a creative mind with great compassion and understanding. I'm giving you my definition of love, now let's compose yours.