To Be In Love With Love

 

 

To be in love with love

is to be in love with life…

to look forward to the

adventures of the journey,

to frolic in the swell of the waves

and then relax as they subside…

to not dwell upon the worry,

or the sadness, or the strife

but to accept it only briefly

not allowing it to reside

but let it go.

 

 

To be in love with love

is to have a romantic soul…

to hear the longing

in a whispered sigh

or furtive glance

and feel the petals of our

own heart begin to unfold

from tiny hesitant bud

to full blown flower

leaning toward its chance

to feel the sun.

 

 

To be in love with love

is to be ever open to change

for love is not constant

as some would have you believe

It evolves over time

and cannot be arranged

according to any set of rules

but will be whatever 

you perceive it to be

as long as you are able to receive

its gentle touch.

 

 

To be in love with love

is to see in each day’s dawning light

the promise of a new beginning

and in each tear, not sorrow or sadness,

but release and anticipation

for what yet may be

just beyond our sight

and feel with our hearts

not a painful ending,

but just a hint of gladness

in the teardrop’s fall.

 

Reviews

[Phill Oz O'fee]

My Grandma once told me, love is that feeling when you know you've felt a feeling , that you never felt before! This exquisite poem has encapsulated and quantified the very essence of that emotion we know as love.

Beautifully structured and professionally presented - excellent!

God's Blessing
Phillozofee

[Polly Lewis]

A very perceptive write, filled with emotion. The second verse is just beautiful, and so true.