Love Is

Love is beautiful

Love is kind

Love has a smile so wide

It goes up past their eyes

And calls me to follow

Until we touch the sky

Love is small

Love is soft

Love fits in my arms

Like they belong there

Gently breathing in and out

While I listen to their heartbeat

Love is anxious

Love is hurting

Love comes to me

And I hold them close

And keep them safe

But I can do nothing else

Love is strong

Love is blind

Love cannot seem to see

How strong they are

For waking every morning

And striding smoothly through the day

Love is wise

Love is powerful

Love sees me when I am weak

Accepts me as I am

Even when I cannot

And by bearing witness makes me strong

Love is there

Love is right there

Love is painfully within reach 

Yet not mine to touch 

Making me stand back

And simply bask in their nearness