Love is not what you thought it was. That is why you thought it was a delusion. You perceived it from a modernized eye. Because you encapsulated LOVE between two selfish beings.
Well, you were wrong my guy!
It is not limited. It is not just a FEELING that two companions share.
It is to give. To give. To give.
To give without asking a return. To give without seeing to whom you are giving.
Now you see, love is a way of life. In fact, love SHOULD be the only way of life. A full life, if you want it.
It is the way of universe. See how it is giving. What are you giving back to the universe? Nothing.
TO GIVE. TO GIVE. TO GIVE.
Want to look at it from another perspective?
See then.
What does loving God mean?
Loving HIM means to ask for nothing, to submit to His will and just give. Give what?
Give from what you have, that is, also not yours but from what you have RECIEVED. Nothing was ever yours and never will be yours.
Now you know what the statements from sufis (spiritual gurus) 'BE THE LIGHT, BE A CANDLE' meant?
To burn, to give light but to ask for nothing in return.
That is why the way of sufis is called the "Way of Love". That is Also the Way of MAULA ALI, THE COMANDER OF THE FAITHFUL, THE DOOR OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE BELOVED HAZRAT MOHAMMAD (S.A.W.W).
So the SUN IS YOUR BOY!
So, now. What is the EXPECTATION? By concluding all the newly conceived information above, expectation is just a desire. And DESIRE enslaves. So free yourself from the shackles of this slavery.
Then, know that, "TO LOVE IS TO BE FREE"
And it is beautiful, to love. Isn't it? But then anything that is beautiful is also tragic.