Love is the territory of poets. To quote one who I think best described it's paradoxical briefness: Above all, to my love I'll be attentive first, and

Love is the territory of poets. To quote one who I think best described it's paradoxical briefness: Above all, to my love I'll be attentive first, and with such zeal, and always, and so much that even when confronted by great enchantment my thoughts ascend to more delight. I want to live it through in each vain moment and in its honor I must spread my song and laugh my laughter and shed my tears to it's sadness or to it's enjoyment. And thus, when afterward comes looking for me maybe the Death (anxiety of the living) maybe the Loneliness (fate of the loving) I could say to myself about the love (I had): let it not be immortal, since it is flame but let it be infinite while it lasts. - Vinicius de Moraes ("Soneto Da Fidelidade", adapted to English by me)