A Single Shadow

Love…
…is more than one plus one equals two. When love is true and real, two together are amplified far beyond what they would otherwise be separated.

Canadian poet, novelist and journalist Doug Fetherling
Your absence
has not taught
me to be alone,
it merely
has shown
that when
together
we cast a
single shadow
on the wall.

Beautiful Mysteries

Love…
… arrives with beautiful mysteries; “Have I somehow known you before? How else can the uncommon familiarity I feel with you be possible? Is the familiar I see in you a reflection of me in you or you in me?” The heart knows secrets it never fully reveals.

American author Maggie Stiefvater
You’re like
a song
that I heard
when I was
a little kid
but forgot
I knew
until I
heard
it again.

Wish We Were Butterflies

Love…
…makes me imagine what my mind care barely comprehend; what my spirit knows but has no knowledge where the certainty comes from. In the light of love pieces of my heart return I was barely aware were missing.

Nineteenth century English romantic poet John Keats
I almost wish
we were
butterflies
and liv’d
but three summer days;
three such days
with you
I could fill
with more delight
than fifty
common years
could ever contain.

Love Will Show the Way

Love…
…unfolds naturally and in its own time. Asking what it is, where it goes and will it last is a waste of time. The truth is no one ever knows and only the foolish think they do. With patience love will show the way if it is allowed to.

From the 2001 movie “Moulin Rouge”
The
greatest
thing
you’ll
ever
learn
is just
to love
and be
loved
in return.