“I love you.” These three little words have such powerful meaning. Love is something that every human being has been searching for since the dawn of time. From the quest for the perfect man or girl to the desire for acceptance, the search goes back to the individual's desire for love. The dilemma is that love has become banal and cliché. People use the word love like it's nothing when in reality, love is such a powerful word. People use the word love when in reality they should be using the word lust or infatuation. Society tries to replace a person's need to be loved with sex, which doesn't work because that person ends up getting hurt. Does true love really exist, or is it as fake as a fairy tale? The poems “Let Me Not Marry True Spirits,” “To My Dear and Loving Husband,” and “True Love” argue that true love is possible. True love is a very real thing, but people equate true love with romance. True love doesn't happen overnight; it takes time and trust to build true love. True love is a powerful force that neither circumstances nor time nor anyone can destroy. The reason for this twisted view of love is not due to the Disney Princess movies, but rather the result of overuse of the word. People will say "I love you" to someone they've only known for a few days or over a simple meal. Sometimes people think of loving others as admiring food; you can't treat a person like food because food can't actually return affection. If a person commits to loving another, it's not right to leave them if the significant other changes. It's not love, but rather a strong desire or infatuation. True love is unconditional love and is not based on desire or appearance. The poems: “Don't let me get to the middle of the paper...on time. True love starts as friendship and gradually turns into love. True love can be a place of safety where people come because he can hold on to his beloved. Love is a refuge because in difficult times, true love does not fight alone, but fights with the loved one. True love will never leave its lover hurt, but seeks to bring him true joy. Not everyone experiences true love, because all false types of love prevent people from obtaining true love. Works Cited by Anne Bradstreet. “To my dear and loving husband. » Rpt. in Making Literature Matter.Boston: Bedford St. Martin's, 2009Print.Sharon Olds. “True love.” Rpt. in Making Literature Matter.Boston: Bedford St. Martin's, 2009Print.William Shakespeare. “Do not allow me the marriage of true spirits.” Rpt. in Making Literature Matter.Boston: Bedford St. Martin's, 2009Print.