Happy and In Love

Love…
…has broken the lock on my heart. You have slipped past all the barriers with hardly any effort and defeated my old heartaches. You have awakened me from sleep walking through life to find myself happy and in love.

American poet and author Oliver Wendell Holmes
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is
the
master
key
that
opens
the
gates
of
happiness.

All Depths Possible

Love…
…thrives within. I have seen the best and worst of you and I choose both. Deep and completely, I want to know you to all depths possible and be fully known to you the same way.

Anonymous quote from the heart by an unknown writer
Newly-Married-Couple-Walking-Along-BeachWhat would
it be like
to swing
on a star,
or walk on
a cloud?
Would it be
anything
like what
I feel
whenever
you are near?

No Matter How Painful

Love…
…remains deep and true. For you I would give up my future and even my life without hesitation. Through your illness I will stand by you, be with you and hold you. Nothing can take me away from you… NOTHING.

From “Dear John” by American novelist Nicholas Sparks.

through it allI finally
understood
what true
love meant.
…love meant that
you care for
another person’s
happiness more
than your own,
no matter how
painful
the choices
you face
might be.

The Common State

Love…
…takes two. No matter how deeply one person feels about another, it is for naught unless the sentiments are returned. Unrequited love is the common state that in comparison makes mutual and true love so valuable.

American story-teller and author Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
270b49ceditLove seems
the swiftest,
but it is
the slowest
of all growths.
No man or
woman really
knows what
perfect love is
until they have
been married
a quarter
of a century.

Strong and Lasting

Love…
…appears quickly, but grows slowly. Only when tested by time, circumstance and destiny can it reach its potential. Like an acorn quick to sprout, love takes years and years to grow strong and lasting.

American romance and fantasy author Phyllis Christine Cast (P.C. Cast)
6243363885_editTrue love
is not
a potion
one person
can swallow
and another
refuse to drink.
It happens only
when the souls
of two join
together
to form one.

My Rainbow

Love…
…keeps you close in mind and heart. Although I can no longer reach out and touch you, I feel you close by. As long as I live your life will continue. Long ago I ceased to be able to have any boundary between who I was and am now because of you.

From “Before You Go…” book series by Canadian writer Vensa Bailey
misty rainbow…you
are my
rainbow
to keep.
My eyes
will always
be watching
you;
never
will I
lose
sight
of you.

Until the End of Time

Love…
… taught me the day you stole my heart, I would always love you. Without a doubt that will always be true. My love for you will out live me for at least a hundred years; maybe two…

From the poem”Have I Ever Told You” by Gianella Ramirez
middleAgedCouple EDITHave I ever told you
When I stand still
I can hear the beating of your heart,
Beating along with mine?
Have I ever told you
When my arms feel empty
I hug myself and, somehow, I feel the warmth
Of your body embracing mine?
Have I ever told you
when I’m missing you
I close my eyes and in my mind
I’m safe in your arms?
Have I ever told you
No matter how this world separates us
We are still one person
Until the end of time?

Most Private Parts of Me

Love…
…deep and true proves I was made for you and you alone. Others have come and gone but always I remained distant. No one ever stole my heart. When you arrived it felt simply natural to throw open the windows of the most private parts of me.

Quote by an unknown/anonymous author
slide-125You can’t
force
someone
to love you;
all you
can do is
become
someone
who can
be loved;
the rest is
up to them.

My Heart Is Reborn

Love…
…is never the same day-to-day, just as clouds are unique in every morning sky. Knowing this, and expecting it, makes my love for you ever new and exciting. Each morning I wake in your arms my heart is reborn.

From “Starlet’s Run” by Romance and fiction writer Carla Hanna
76705edit and filtered2I love you
when you’re happy.
I love you
when you’re sad.
I love you
if you’re angry,
And I love
you if you’re bad.
No matter
how you feel,
I love you
all the time.
Oh my sweet,
dear baby,
I love you
all the time.

Life After Life

Love…
…felt familiar from the moment I began to fall for you. It didn’t feel like a new spark, but rather a dormant one I had always carried. A sleeping ember was only waiting for your breath to awakened it and set a fire in my heart.

First non-European to win Literature Nobel Prize Rabindranath Tagore
05prom.600I seem to have
loved you in
numberless
forms,
numberless
times,
in life after
life, in age
after age
forever.