Not like the movies

I have been listing to tons of Katy Perry these days, call me crazy, but I think she's great. You can listen to the particular song I'm referring to, "Not like the Movies," here, if you want to see how great it is.

But after listening to it, it just really got me thinking. (oh like so many things do, I know)

Do we (this generation) just want more than generations from before? Has Hollywood skewed our view of love? Has our desire for more been answered in the movies of today? Which in turn has created this perpetual wheel of more, more, more.

We believe someone out there was made perfectly for us. We desire not just a connection, but a soulmate. We crave someone who will make us whole, our missing half, the perfect fit.

Has love always been this way? Or do we, now, just require more?

I wish I knew.

Even though it wouldn't change how I feel.

I want fireworks.

I think that when you find that person, the one that fits you, there will be fireworks, but not like the movies portray.

I think when I find my partner, it will be simple, and beautiful and lovely. He'll hold my hand. He'll kiss that spot on my cheek. And those simple things will shoot off fireworks inside me, because I'll be with him.

So maybe love is the same, simple. But maybe it's not, maybe it's grand, like the movies depict. I think when I find my love, it will be grand, because it will be simple and it will be my own.