"Love Is..."

- a many "**censored**" thing

"Love is..."

 

Love is... many things

to many people

and even everything

to some.

 

It's thoughts so often spoken

and hearts that come undone.

 

Love is...

 

the heat and flame remembered

in the ashes gray chill...

teasing laughter - ghosting rooms

that now are always ...still.

 

It's...

 

tarnished frames

  and shaking fingers,

fading eyes

  and clouded glass...

 

all the faces... empty windows

all their "nothings" staring back.

 

Love is learning - how each sunrise

becomes an empty sunset,

how we handle always wanting,

how our dreams are seldom spent.

 

It's the grayest tasting sunshine,

and cold, rain-filled summer days,

how the darkest moonlight's coming

leaves us stumbling through the haze.

 

Love is missing all the rainbows

behind drained empty eyes,

sitting lost in all the echoes

our walls just can't disguise..

 

and...

 

Love is reaching past the shadows

as you hold the pain inside

...til you find there are tomorrows

and not only just "...goodbyes...".

 

Chris

Author's Note

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Reviews

[Corset]

♥ Hope you have a perfect day today. Happy Valentines Day! ♥ Love is beautiful in all it's forms sweet friend, the emotions resonate in this and I know them well, I hope you remember how you are cared for :)

[emmajoy]

' Love is reaching past the shadows ~ as you hold the pain inside ~ ...til you find there are tomorrows ~ and not only just "...goodbyes...".

Those last four lines hold both tears and smiles. They're shaped by lessons learned and the knowledge that the most beautiful something could be on its way. What a wonderful thought ..

A sadness of words with a smiling postscript, thank you so much for sharing it

[NANCY MCCORMACK]

you always seem to take it from beginning to end :)

[Chris]

Hi Nan... nice of you to pause

[Irfan Bashir Shah]

How much i wish i had written this poem!
It's perfect and complete in the literal sense of the word....
You're poetry is wonderful.....
I would have been more than happy to choose my favorite line but i can't..
Every line is equally perfect....
Thank you for sharing!

[olla]

Love is reaching past the shadows
as you hold the pain inside
...til you find there are tomorrows
and not only just "...goodbyes...".

A Valentine.. not your everyday "be mine" kind either.. love is a multifaceted jewel is it not.. it just takes a tiny bit of light to make it sparkle once again...

[Holly Mason]

a toast to the tomorrows and always
thank you for sharing this lovely write

[Ken Simm.]

Sad and soft at the same time. A remembered world where it was alright to love before it was lost. Grabs and holds deep.

[Emily B]

it is a gray and rainy day

these words touched my heart