rediscovering love

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The Inexplicable that Is Fact.

Love…
…when questioned gives no answers; when doubted gives no clues. Love does not speak for itself yet has meaning clearly heard without a single word. It is the inexplicable that is fact.

From “Lucky” by English novelist Jackie Collins
Love does not appear
with any warning signs.
You fall into it as if pushed
from a high diving board.
No time to think about
what’s happening. It’s inevitable.
An event you can’t control.
A crazy, heart-stopping,
roller-coaster ride
that just has to take its course.

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The Joy of Love

Love…
…true and good, gives purpose to living just as light gives beauty to sun’s rise and set. Everything has more meaning through the eyes of one who has the joy of love.

“Simply Love” by Oklahoma Poet Hazel Mae Bell
The world is poetry,
the birds
and bees,
The flowers,
the grass,
the ants,
the trees,
The clouds that drift,
the sky so blue,
the world is lovely,
’cause I love you.

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Language that Our Hearts Express

Love…
…without feeling anxious or afraid of its outcome is new for me. Always before I expected loving to take me somewhere else and transform my life. Imagine my surprise at staying in the same place with the same life and being happily in love with you.

From “Love” by modern-day poet Gianella Ramirez
Love
is the laughter
that you and I share…
Love
is the small things
that show how we care…
Love
is the language
that our hearts express…
Love
is the feeling
of true happiness…

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Imperfection and Fault Discovered

Love…
…is coming to know a person better and better while finding the mutual bond continues to grow through all the imperfection and fault discovered. The healthiest love is built on respect for what is admirable and empathy for what is not.

“An Active Noun” by TV personality and writer Fred Rogers
Love isn’t
a state of perfect caring.
It is an active noun
like struggle.
To love someone
is to strive
to accept
that person exactly
the way he or she is,
right here and now.

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Sweet Flame of Then

Love…
remembered… The longer ago the heart opened to a past chapter of affection, the sweeter it is held within. Well I remember the first little teenage fire in my heart. The gentle flame of then lives in my heart alongside my love for you now.

From “The Sea-Lands by Orrick Johns
My first love
was a fair girl
With ways
forever new;
And hair
a sunlight
yellow
And eyes
a morning
blue.

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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!

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Motivating Forces

Love…
…maintains it strength whether you are inches away or thousands of miles in the distance. There is a great comfort beyond explanation in loving and being loved.

British musician and philosopher John Lennon
There are two
basic motivating forces:
fear and love.
When we are afraid,
we pull back from life.
When we are in love,
we open to all
that life has to offer
with passion, excitement,
and acceptance.

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Only For Me

Love…
…is the lubricant of life. Love allows joy to come faster and grief pass more quickly. It is in the knowing that one is loved that the soul is empowered, the mind is eased and the body is strengthened. The gift of your love gives me meaning to those words.

From “All The Things I Love About You” by Joanna Fuchs
I love you
for the warm,
sweet affection
in your eyes
whenever
you look at me,
and
the special smile
you save
only for me…

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In the Heavens Forever

Love…
…requires courage! Over time everything changes and every life ends. It takes great bravery to love, knowing it might end any time but having faith it will last forever.

American writer and novelist Amy Tan
I am
like a falling star
who has finally
found her place
next to another
in a lovely constellation,
where we will sparkle
in the heavens
forever.

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What If, What Now, and Why

Love…
…itself is simple and uncomplicated. It is the human mind that complicates it with layer upon layer of ‘what-if’, ‘what-now’ and ‘why’. Love accurately defined is impossible to write, yet easy to feel when the mind slows and the heart is allowed free will.

From “The Things He Wrote To Her” by Richard Wightman
I love
the heart of you,
so tender;
the mind of you,
so broad
and strong;
the soul of you,
the whitest gem
in any fleshly setting.