A manifesto to reclaim true love from the systems that reduce it.
I love the way an aunt should love her nieces and nephews.
I love the way a partner should love their partner.
I love the way a friend should love their friends.
I love the way a human being should love another human being.
This is the truth of me: my love has never been the problem.
What was wrong was the system I was born into — a system that taught love through rules, conditions, and punishment. A system that says: “You can care, but not too much. You can love, but only if you follow the script. Step outside of it, and your love will be twisted against you.”
I don’t accept that system anymore.
I don’t accept the lie that love should be rationed, restricted, or controlled.
Because love is not “too much.”
Love is not weakness.
Love is not wrong.
What is wrong is when people mistake control for love.
When they call silence “peace.”
When they call withholding “protection.”
When they call manipulation “care.”
That is not love. That is fear disguised as love. That is a broken system teaching broken rules.
And here is my line in the sand:
I will never again believe that I am too much.
My love may not fit inside their rules, but that doesn’t make it wrong.
It makes it real.
It makes it human.
So I will keep loving. Fiercely. Openly. Without apology.
Because the truth is simple: it isn’t love that needs to change.
The only thing that needs to change is the system that shrinks it.