love - part one

22 march 1995

love
a four letter word
quite repellent to some
frivolous to others
but not to me
for i have tasted the sweetness
of being in love
and though it is indeed a foolish thing
to be in love
it is more intoxicating than wine
and warmer than the sun

when i see her
the woman that i love
my heart stops
and i cannot speak a word
i stand dangerously close to her
whenever i can find a good excuse
and when she doesn't move away
i dare to hope that maybe
just maybe
she might feel the same

it doesn't matter though
oh it would be heaven if she does
but not hell if she doesn't
whatever kind of love
she shares with me
be it friendship or more
is a blessing
that nourishes my soul