well, no, from a perfectly technical standpoint, saying 'i love you' doesn't change anything -- i can say i love you all i like, and it won't make mirrors show you things you want to see, it won't give you all the time you could ever need to sleep and dream and read, it won't make you wake up everyday smiling -- and you can say you love me all you like, but there are parts of the past, parts of the future, that i still don't want, that no one can change -- we are not talking about change change, we are not talking about revolutions, we are not talking about isn't the world a perfect place -- we are talking about love.

i don't even know what i'm talking about, truth be told. but why do we say 'i love you,' if it doesn't change anything ...? if i had to define love, i would say it's what makes a person want to live. living isn't always happily ever after, but if you love, if you're loved -- there's something in the world that's worth it. there's something beautiful, something you don't want to lose. there's a girl whose voice makes me laugh with delight, who thinks of me and sends me shiny things, and the rest of the world hasn't changed, and yet --

yet.