What's Love Gotta Do With It?

It's been a long time that you've taken part in something special, something that has meaning, something you invest most of your life in; and you hope you will gain more from it. I mean take a relationship between a guy and a girl; they are young..still have the rest of their lives to explore and experience, but this one thing they have between them, what they share and hold together like glass that needs to be handled with care, otherwise if dropped; will shatter and become broken, baring consequences, such as someone getting hurt, both emotionally; if that glass was precious and physically; if that glass was sharp, sharp enough to injure. What they hold is Love. This connects and binds them to become one. And One is Whole. We all know a little about fractions and we know that a 1/2 plus another 1/2 equals 1. The female is one half, the male is the other half. So they both must make the effort to keep this puzzle whole and stable. Now when we do start a new thing that we are interested in very much..we enjoy it right? It's like the 'honeymoon' period as some call it. We make the most of it, we dedicate our time, our effort, our love that means something to us and so we put our all into it. It then seems we are progressing somewhere. Somewhere stronger and better. Relationships last if both people keep to the passion they had at the start. The passion they 'meant' for one another during the 'honeymoon' period. It shouldn't be hard work, it should just come naturally, because you entered into this whole affair with this passion; the passion that created this union, the union of real love. So it doesn't make sense to me, when this passion begins to die. It begins to weather away; to peel away and lose its bright colours and energy. Like a rose withering away. It's had its time. No longer to be kept alive. It's useless now. I know a lady who entered a relationship, because she thought that this was the beginning of a new thing. To mature her, to rescue her, to show her what true love was. And she found this with this guy she met. They went through that 'honeymoon' period; with bright colours, joy, energy, real passion; passion that changed who she was literally. She gave up a lot for this guy. She literally gave herself to this man. She loves him she says. But whats love gotta do with it, if the 'passion' isn't there anymore? The 'honeymoon' period is over and the skies are beginning to turn grey. Where did the love go? I mean if you are in a relationship, I'm thinking the 'love' is shared between the two halves, and these two halves have to make the effortless effort to keep whole. But it seems like this lady I know, is just a half, missing her other half. She does not feel whole anymore, because the things she expects from their love, doesn't really exist anymore. The other half doesn't want to make an effort anymore, he is now emotionally walking far away gradually. Leaving her to search for where that 'passion' wandered off to. Because that passion kept her alive. She doesn't wanna die emotionally; but he doesn't realise that he's pushing her to the edge further and further, while she tries so hard to find passion, even if it means elsewhere..
When you put your heart, soul and body into something, its hard to pull away, to let it go. Because you've built yourself so far into it and it will take a lot to undo it. But if its hurting you and you are losing yourself, you don't know what to think anymore, should you just cover it up and make excuses, like this lady putting love as the mask? Or should you just let go, breathe and be free? Be true to yourself.