How I Love
Let the lover be disgraceful, crazy, absent-minded. Someone sober will worry about things going badly. Let the lover be.
There are lovers content with longing.
I'm not one of them.
~Rumi~
You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.
~Mary Oliver~
The most intelligent thing we can do is love, not reason.
~Barry Lopez~
The one thing we can never get enough of is love. And the one thing we never give enough of is love.
~Henry Miller~
At the bottom of every frozen heart there is a drop or two of lovejust enough to feed the birds.
~Henry Miller~
Ok, I got it.
Had to think real hard about
What I may have wanted.
A little spark to revive my heart
Sure, let’s get on it.
Even starting to pull it to words
The emotions start to flow.
Turn that off quick!
That may be the cause of this blasted glow.
I get a little anxious
When I think that it might show.
“What could happen if it did?”
You never know!
I guess it would be nice to have
Someone with something to share.
Not of possessions, gossip talk
Or what did who where.
I’m talking of things considered
A bit more rare.
I’d like to know your nuances,
Proclivities and how you think.
What gets your motor going?
What brings you to the brink?
Share with me your cares and troubles
Worries, fears and all the rest.
Listening ever so intently
Letting you get it all off your chest.
Kiss away your troubles
And remind you, you did your best.
A friend for the end of the world.
No matter what.
Ups and downs, ins and outs
Always there.
Don’t have to pretend or be too proud
Always cared.
Loved for all your faults.
And every hair.
Let’s start there.
~I.S.~
15.2023.10
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Papaya
10moI.S., I enjoyed reading your thoughts on love.
Introverted Sage
10mo@Papaya: Thank you!