A Normal State

Love…
…shows in the last smile you show just before you drive away, in the kiss you blow to me as you depart and in the afterglow of our last hug just before.

Russian physician, dramatist and author Anton Chekhov
Perhaps
the feelings
that we experience
when we are in love
represent
a normal state.
Being in love
shows a person
who he should be.

Emotional Stew

Love…
…brings together how you and I are alike and stirs them in with lots ways of we are different. The resulting emotional stew tastes new and different each time I taste the recipe love has made of us.

American writer and essayist Todd Ruthman
It is the things
in common
that make
relationships
enjoyable,
but it is
the little
differences
that make
them
interesting.

Fastened With Great Strength

Love…
…spans distance.  If you are across town or we are separated by thousands of miles, the same sun will shine on both of us; the same moon will be in the night sky we see. It’s a simple connection fastened with great strength.

American psychiatrist and author David Viscott
To
love
and
be
loved,
is to
feel
the
Sun
from
both
sides.

Something So Grand, Meaningful and Precious

Love…
…is frequently more evident in what is unspoken than what is said. It only makes sense that something so grand, meaningful and precious as love is impossible to be accurately described or expressed fully in words.

“Hearing Love” by an author unknown
There are things
you would love to hear
that you would never hear
from the person whom
you would like
to hear them from;
but do not be so deaf
as not to hear it
from the one
who says it
from his heart.
Unknown

Crazy Like the Moon

Love…
…has proof in a glance so quick others do not see. Even momentary eye contact between two in love can speak unmistakably in a way words could never express.

Poet and novelist C. Joybell C.
You only need
one man to love you.
But him to love you
free like a wildfire,
crazy like the moon,
always like tomorrow,
sudden like an inhale
and overcoming like the tides.

Stored In My Heart

Love…
…abounds in the simplest things and needs no extravagant expressions. A quick glance’s eye contact, a brief touch of our hands or a simple meal we made together are riches stored in my heart.

From “What I Love About You…” by Averil Binetti
The sparkle in your eye,
The warmth of your skin.
Your breath on my neck,
That quivers within.
The touch of your hand,
The smell of your hair.
The kindness in your smile,
That strength in your stare.
Your kiss on my lips,
Your body near mine.
The stroke of your touch,
That feeling inside.

Memorable Adventures

Love…
…makes the commonplace, uncommon. A simple activity like holding hands walking through a parking lot can become a memorable adventure.

New York young adult fiction author Rachel Cohn
It’s BS
to think of friendship
and romance
as being different.
They’re not.
They’re
just variations
of the same love.
Variations
of the same desire
to be close.

The Spaces Between

Love…
…builds anticipation to get home and see you again. When a week has separated us, the first moment together again is sweet and magical.

From a song by “Owl City” (Adam Young)
… I look
at my hands
and feel sad.
Because
the spaces
between
my fingers
are right where
yours
fit perfectly.”

Before You Have To Go

Love…
…can be spoken loudly without a single word. It’s in the smile on your face and the sparkle in your eyes when you look at me one more time before you have to go.

“Song Is So Old” by American poet Hermann Hagedorn
Song is so old,
Love is so new —
Let me be still
And kneel to you.
Let me be still
And breathe no word,
Save what my warm blood
Sings unheard.
Let my warm blood
Sing low of you —
Song is so fair,
Love is so new!

Where Ever I Go

Love…
…is portable and my feelings for you go where ever I go. All I have to do is close my eyes and think of you, then I am where you are.

American Writer Richard David Bach
If
you
want
to
be
with
someone
you
love,
aren’t
you
already
there?