Valentine's Day Poem

When they look for someone
who makes them laugh, eyes alight.
When they think of love as holidays
they don't understand love.

They don't understand love
when they assess each other to
make a better world. They
conduct contests.

I will hold your hand
when life becomes
the conquest of space
and I can no longer embrace you.

Love is down in the dust,
eating, sleeping,
pawing the earth. It
snatches, surprises
and destroys everything.

Comments

Her Holiness said…
This is very, very true. In so far as I understand it, anyway. People do conduct contests, as if people can audition for a role in your life and you are the judge to choose who should play the partner to your lead. That's not how it works.

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