"Oh, how I hated this word. So pretentious, like it was always being translated from the French. The tint and taint of illicit, illegitimate affections. Dictionary meaning: 'a person having a love affair.' Impermanent. Unfamiliar. Inextricably linked to sex.
I have never wanted a lover. In order to have a lover, I must go back to the root of the word. For I have never wanted a lover, but I have always wanted love, and to be loved.
There is no word for the recipient of the love. There is only a word for the giver. There is the assumption that lovers come in pairs.
When I say, 'Be my lover', I don't mean, 'Lets have an affair', I don't mean, 'Sleep with me.' I don't mean 'Be my secret.'
I want us to go back to that root.
I want you to be the one who loves me.
I want to be the one who loves you."
- David Leviathan
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