Love Song

"There is no remedy for love but to love more." - Thoreau

When you're in love ...

Roses suddenly have no thorns.

Two spirits are reborn.

The grass is greener.

The trees taller.

The sky is a deeper shade of blue.

The sun speaks to you.

A chorus of singing birds is louder.

Faith couldn't be prouder.

The moon lights your path.

Heart pitter-patters count as your math.

The breeze serenades.

A caress never fades.

All is right with the earth.

In a sort of rebirth.

Soulful tapestries are spun.

As two become one.

Threads from bliss are knitted anew.

In all that you do.

Heaven's flag is unfurled.

Your necklace pearled.

The world is your oyster.

Eden your cloister.

Smiles stretch down from angels above.

When you're in love ...

Author's Note

"I love you not as something private and personal, which is my own, but as something universal and worthy of love which I have found." - Thoreau

Reviews

[barleygirl]

This harkens back to the style I first associated with you & your writing, where you pile on many rhyming sentence fragments that give your overall expression a bit of a frantic, emphatic feeling. I very much love the second stanza with your more unique ideas for making this ongoing comparison. The first stanza had a few of those typical simplistic expressions one finds in love poems (a pet peeve of mine, altho you did this part creatively). For me, this kind of "being in love" comes from having a great relationship with oneself in one's own setting, with people & life. I don't think people really derive "all this" from a loved one - too much to expect & expectations kill! (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Pete]

i expected you might say, "oh no, another typical, boring love poem." tried to do something a little different with this. we must love ourselves first before we can love others and cannot pile expectations on them - must let them be themselves (as in the thoreau quote). how awesome that you picked up on that. thank you ... :)

[barleygirl]

You could never do a love poem that I would dismiss as being too much like the cliched hoards! *wink! wink!*

[Giulia King]

I love how you describe love and I love your author's note. You always leave the reader with an amazing quote.

[Pete]

sweet thoughts from a receptive heart. thank you. blessings your way my friend ... :)

[Kelly Scheppers]

I hope this is more than a love poem...I hope its a personal affirmation! My best to you, Pete!

[Pete]

subtlety was never my strong suit. am i that obvious? thank you Kelly for your open, receptive heart and ability to read between the lines. have a blessed day my friend ... :)

Patriots beat the bears in Chicago yesterday and world series starts tomorrow at Fenway!!!!!!

[Kelly Scheppers]

Whooaaaa! Go Sox!!!!!