The "L" Word

"If two people love each other, there can be no happy end to it." - Ernest Hemingway

"Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden where the flowers are dead." -Oscar Wilde

Amidst all that is happening around us
i desire to think about love tonight
about how love makes us human,
both vulnerable and strong
about how love hardly negotiates
or compromise.
To love, and be loved
is such an amazing thing
it gives you stability, eases your pain
but it also makes you ache inside.
When you experience love,
it's like floating through air
with the clouds cushioning you
and drying away your tears.
Ain't nothing like love,
ain't nothing like the smooth,
sensual movement of love over your body.
its touch, its stroke, its rhythmic flow
through your brain.
Ain't nothing like love
it's like sunshine peeking through a storm,
it's a surprise and call for truce.
It hits you hard, and leaves you breathless
Ain't nothing like love
It smells like the first day of April
and the and the last day of Christmas.
It never leaves you cold but feeling warm
and peaceful inside.
Love is to die for
love is for keeps,
but never, ever, wear your heart on your sleeve.
Love must be genuine, and it usually is
when it has matured.
Mature love is less magical but no less heavenly
if you take the time to show the person you care.
The meaning of love is in its temper,
if it's angry love you have to think it over.
if it's shy love just give it wings
if it's disguised in a smile or small gesture
give it life
if it's stubborn give it time
love never fails, though it surrenders
in the battle of love the soul is often the loser.
Take heed to love and remember, all is never fair in love.