Like a mudslide, life can present itself with sudden changes, some permanent. We need to be able to adapt and adjust accordingly. Otherwise you'll be swept away by it.
I thought love was all in the shoulders. Hunched, preparing for the moment you will lunge at my neck. [...] Love and fear, as far as I knew, were the same scars.
‘And Spring arose on the garden fair, like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere; And each flower and herb on Earth's dark breast, rose from the dreams of its wintry rest.’ - Percy Bysshe Shelley