In Retrospect

What does it mean to profess love? Especially when it is already known that the recipient of this affirmation can not reciprocate? That they are in fact hindered very deeply. Is it a waste of breath to then express feelings that you know will not be returned? is it for ones own mental well being to let loose such feelings regardless of outcome, positive or negative, lest the words bore a hole deep in the heart and mind if left to metastasize? To flirt with such feelings especially when the recipient is already invested heavily in another is...unethical? Immoral? Unjust? Perhaps one or all. For to express those feelings, to let them enter the ether is to invite a response. A positive response in this case would have negative connotations for the third party, while a negative response will only affect the two primary parties. A positive affirmation of feeling yet a decline to move ahead with said affirmation is a split response, which could cause even more turmoil than a flat negative. For having the notion of possibility floating amongst the ethereal is to invite constant rumination of futures that will most likely, if the recipient is actually true to their heart and loyal to their current situation, never come to fruition. Let's say however there is a breakdown of the previous situation and the recipient reciprocates. What does that say of their loyalty? Of their commitments? This as we know all depends on how the "previous" is jettisoned. Is it immediate? After considered thought? Or not at all until the "new" has already begun? Which would lead to turmoil for all three parties. So what then should the primary professor do? Bite ones tongue? Tempt aggressive actions and hope for salvation? Or weigh the options carefully and test the proverbial waters? Each case is special, unique, hard to subscribe to one solution. It is wisest to know your recipient and how they might take your expression. All else is left up to chance.