DRAMATIC MONOLOGUE Poem: Love, by Kyleah Benoit-Primus

I feel like I never truly understood
Never knew
Never comprehended
That deep desire that everyone had
That connection that everyone longed for

It wasn’t like I didnt know what it was
It was just that i didnt know how it felt
I asked and asked
What is “love”

No one had an answer
No concrete answer for the complicated question
There were the more vague answers
“Love is just something you feel”
“You’ll know it when you see it”
“It just it”

Then there were the more creative
“Like a dancing sun next to the moon”
“As if you are breathing anew”
“Like the colors of the rainbow became more vibrant”

It all explained nothing though
Nothing I could understand
The sun was already dancing next to the moon
I have been breathing forever
The colors of the rainbow were already vibrant

I already feel
I feel everything
I know what feeling feels like
I just don’t understand love
At least that is what I thought

Suddenly the grass felt like the plushest thing I’ve ever felt
The animals sounded like a symphony
The wind, their harmony
The Earth felt like it could hug me
Everything just felt new and perfect
Like I could beat evil with one hit

Except love didn’t come from a person
It came from experience
It came from finding myself
Love was more than an association with a person
Love was the realization that it didn’t have to be romantic
Love was just there
Always has been
Always will

I will breathe in the fresh scent of something I missed
Something I ignored
And recognize
That love will be there forevermore