How would you, personally, define "true love?" (Metaphors welcome.)

Well, the only perfect love is between the SOURCE and the individual.   

But love on the human level can be something as profound as a mother's love for her child.

A wife to her husband.  The idea of devotion is important.  To give has to be in the equation.  To be willing to give and follow your path in the expression of how you feel is the chief ingredient we all need to express.

Can you express an ingredient?  Oh you know what I mean.

The way the Earth circles the Sun.
For all the wobbles and deviations in her orbit,
she remains in a perfect balance
between gravity and centrifugal force.
For too close and they would clash
and the Earth melt into oblivion.
Too far and Earth would forget her tether
and tumble into outer space.

The Sun radiates from his essence,
knowing nought but the seemingly endless
gifts of warmth, energy and light,
gifts that stir Earth's waters, her airs,
her photosynthesis,
that spark her life,
her multitudinous creativity.

And one day
when the Sun fades
so will the Earth,
for even marriages made in heaven
must one day die.





This post was edited by inky at February 21, 2019 3:15 PM MST

True love, ah the miles literature which have been written.  Some of quite good, some........ 

Now for me the Doc after a Half Marathon asked to come over and meet the Resident Labradors. She met the pups, spent the night, claimed all my soft cashmere sweaters, and I am still living with her 4 years later.  It is either true love or I am just to old and lazy to go out and find another woman.

This post was edited by Archerchef at February 21, 2019 11:08 PM MST

You already know my real answer,  so I’ll give my typical bullshizzat answer here. True love is when someone is willing to give up the last piece of pizza for someone,and sleep in the wet spot. ( can I say that here? Lol) 

True love is staying with them "until death do you part" without killing them yourself.

Nobody actually knows what love is, but everybody is happy to make up something when asked.

"All is forgiven; come back to me, darling." 
When these words are stuck in my throat and cannot come out. That's true love to me.

What is it to you? This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at March 12, 2019 4:03 PM MDT

What's a metaphor? 

It's for cows!

A game of cards. To open, you need two hearts and a diamond. To close, you want a club and a spade.

Being committed and responsible to someone and caring for them.