A Changed man

My love…
I sing off-key to love songs and write sugary letters. I watch chic-flicks and am unafraid to shed a tear. Sports is no longer my life and I come home right after work. Loving you has made me a changed man.

By an unknown author with the pen name Christopher Paul Rubero
77280548-e1326392613114Poetry
spills
from
the
cracks
of a
broken
heart,
but
flows
from
one
which
is
loved.

When We Met

Love…
…is a subject I long tried to make sense of. Success eluded me until I stopped trying. The answer arrived wrapped in an old red shirt and faded jeans you were wearing when we met.

American physician, activist and author Patch Adams
silver jeans editI
love
you
without
knowing
how,
why,
or
even
from
where…

Made More Perfect

Love…
…is a harsh teacher, but I bear no malice toward cupid’s mistaken arrows. Each grinding of my heart molded it to be ready for you. Through pain and heartbreak I was softened and made more perfect in my ability to love you.

From “Romeo and Juliet” by English Playwright William Shakespeare
adorable-kissDid
my
heart
love
till
now?
Forswear
it
sight,
For
I ne’er
saw
true
beauty
till
this
night.

This Very Moment

Love…
…caught me by surprise when it arrived; when you arrived. From the first time we met I hoped we’d fall in love. I can’t remember life without you. It feels like I have always known you.

American poet, short story writer and novelist X. Williamson
555837_161141387382258_395987070_nI could
recognize
his soul
in mine
as much as
he could
find me
in his.
Our sole
existences
seemed to
have been
for this very
moment
when nothing
else mattered.

What a Ride!

Love…
…is filled with surprises. I have no idea of when I went from simply beginning to fall in love with you to being head over heels, completely, absolutely and totally in love with you. Wow, what a ride!

From “Love Quotes for the Ages…” by American Writer Jarod Kintz

1B94FE3ECEF2EB7528E154BAF799_h300_w400_m2_bblack_q100_p100_cnjavsKrII am
approximately
96.694444%
in
love
with
you.
Of
course,
that’s
just
a
rough
estimate.

Sweet Collision of Destinies

Love…
…gives me hope. I know the one my heart will find peace with is out there; maybe a stranger or someone I already know. Some way, some how, some day, some where, you and I will be together.

From “Love, Stargirl” by American novelist Jerry Spinelli
2256066 EditYou be you
and I’ll be me…
and let’s trust
the future
to tomorrow.
Let the stars
keep track of us.
Let us ride
our own orbits
and trust that
they will meet.
May our reunion
be not a finding
but a sweet
collision
of destinies!

Bound Irretrievably

Love…
…is intertwined with life like an equation is to math: a reaction is to chemistry: like color is to art: like you are with me. It is there you will stay, bound irretrievably with my heart for all time.

From “Metamorphoses” by playwright/director Mary Zimmerman
woman-comforting-man-2-articleLet me
die the
moment
my love
dies.
Let me
not outlive
my own
capacity
to love.
Let me
die
still
loving,
and so,
never
die.

Not a Chance

Love…
…is a little crazy. Falling in love is like jumping off a high cliff. Your brain tells you it is not a good idea, but your heart tells you that you can fly.

From “Bel Canto” by American writer Ann Patchett
hawaii-cliff-jump_35103_600x450Love

was

action.

It

came

to you.

It

was

not

a

choice.

Always Be Here Waiting

Love…
…for you will always be here waiting. Whether you come find me one day or I just imagine that happening for the rest of my life, I will love you in a way that is not possible for me to love anyone else.

Sung by Frankie Vallie/written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Forever_I_ll_Wait_by_oliv SMALLERYou’re just too good to be true
Can’t take my eyes off of you
You’d be like heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much
At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I’m alive
You’re just too good to be true
Can’t take my eyes off of you
Pardon the way that I stare
There’s nothing else to compare
The sight of you leaves me weak
There are no words left to speak
So if you feel like I feel
Please let me know that it’s real
You’re just too good to be true
Can’t take my eyes off of you

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
lock_and_key_by_rawpoetry-d4w79f3Love
is
the
master
key
that
opens
the
gates
of
happiness.