Love is not heralded
By lightning strike
Or thunders crash
Nor by Mantovanni’s
Violins,
A chorus of heavenly
voices
Or 21 gun salute
Love is more subtle
Love is stealthy
Love creeps up on you
When least expected
It seeps into open
pores
Unnoticed and
unheralded
Then spreads like a
virus
Until you are
defenseless
And you are hooked
And there is no cure
On the table
The candle sputters
Flame flickers
Almost guttering
But does not die
At the table
A heart yearns
Tears form
As hope fades
She cries inside
At the table
A rhetorically thought
He’s not coming
How cruel
She dies inside
At home
Her heart aches
Her spirit breaks
She drains the glass
And she dies
Love alone did light
Passions flame burning
bright
Emotions slowly stir
For the want of her
Only she can quench the
fire
Of this burning desire
Romance in all its
glory
Has written this love
story
From the moment I met you
I’ve been on a high
A natural high
I feel like I’m
walking on air
I giggle to my self
Or laugh out loud
For no reason
And if I start to come
down
And I need a fix
I think back to our
first kiss
Or the first time I
held your hand
Or I re read your love
letters
And I’m floating again
Or I’ll call you on
the phone
Just to hear your sweet
voice
And the call will last
for hours
Since falling in love
with you
You’ve made me feel
young again
With your joy of life
As we run through
sprinklers
And swing on the
swings
Or make sand castles
on the beach
Everything is a joy
when I’m with you
Driving in the country
Queuing at the
supermarket
Every moment is filled
With good conversation
Punctuated with
special glances
We share each other
We share a hot shower
We share a bubble
bath.
We share a bed
We lie in bed and
listen to the rain
My fingers playing
with your hair
And I look into your
eyes
And I know you love me
I see it looking back
at me
Since we fell in love
I’ve been on a high
A natural high
And I never want to
come down
Love comes in many shades
Ranged as on a colour
chart
From “like” to “can’t
live without”
Some love knows only sunlight
Others inhabit the dark
places
Some are shallow and
superficial
Others deep and
intensive
Love can simply be physical
Or a mere infatuation
It can be
companionable, platonic
Or purely spiritual
Love is both simple
and complex.
Often at the same time
It can be of the
moment
Or woven through the
fabric of your life
It can be merely a
veneer
Or layered in strata
But the simple truth is that love
Is the glue that holds
the universe together
Since the first day
When my life was
blessed
When by Gods grace
You entered my world
We shared one love
One heart
One soul
Soul mates united
And life was good to
us
So good we didn’t
notice
The years quickly slip
by
Then you slipped by
with them
And I was alone
Half a love
Half a heart
Half a soul
Incomplete
And I could have
blamed God
For taking you away
But I thank him
instead
For the life we shared
Though I mourn your
passing
And yearn for you
I know in my heart
We will be together
again
I do love you
You must accept that
as a given
There was never any
question
Of my not loving you
But there was always
something missing
You must have felt it
too
A “close but no cigar”
kind of feeling
So I do love you
But no matter how
great the love
The uncomfortable
truth is
You’re not the one
You’re not my soul
mate
I wish you were
Because I do love you
But we are not a
matched pair
Almost but not quite
But she’s out there
Somewhere, waiting,
wondering
Maybe having this same
conversation
With her mismatch
She’s out there
The perfect one
The one made for me
The one I was made for
We only get one chance
To get it right
And we have got it
wrong
He is out there
somewhere
Your perfect half
Who will make you
whole
And make you happy
You must seek yours
out
And I must search for
mine
