An ocean current
always there
deep and slow
tempering the weather
A cool breeze on a summer's day
refreshing
fleeting
anticipated and missed
An apple high in a tree
red and tempting
worth the stretch
bitter and sweet
A soft winter snowfall
silent
pure
beautiful
A small child's giggle
playful
innocent
quick
Love is all of this and so much more
Words are no justice
They are not the medium
Love is expressed in a gesture
a glance
a kind word
Love is felt in closeness
and in great distance
Love connects people
draws them together
Love is a force
a feeling
Love is a perfect state of being
Strip all else away...
Love will be there
Love is the base
Love is the power
Love is the spark
Love is the beginning
When time ends, Love will be there
Another fresh start
Love... IS !
I have delved the depths of some very strong and base emotions that have both plagued and uplifted me. Anger, frustration, joy sorrow to name a few. The one that seems so elusive is Love. I figured out why. Once the others have been stripped away and I think there is nothing left I find the one pervasive and steadfast emotion that is so enigmatic as to be almost unrecognizable while attached to, or hiding beneath, some of the other more transient but powerful emotions.
I try to write something about Love and words fail me. Nothing comes unbidden and everything that does feels unworthy or contrived. This all adds up to Love being very easy to take for granted...which has been my Nemesis all along.
Inspired by Kathy, my dear wife.
Jeffrey.
2 comments:
Love is almost too big, isn't it? I find that I write around it, rather than _to_ it. It is much easier to address what is not love, or what is almost love, than something so pure.
Love is real. Nice job of capturing that in all its ways.
Thanks.
I think that it is different every time it is thought about. I look forward to writing about it, or around it, again soon.
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