Love, Me

They say
 how wonderful love is
 it scents the hair, tingles warm and sensual 
holds every breath in pleasurable pause,
 the body blends with the soul and mind
 at the slightness of its touch;
it beats the heart fast, it beats the heart slow,
 it is more than we can bear
 it is more than we can know;
words can not express it
 poetry fails its grand illusiveness
still, we seek it out
 ponder it with wonder and desire
 contemplate it with jealousy and envy;
I've seen it, felt it,
 shuddered at its presence
 breathed in its passionate allure,
marveled at its tenacity,
 wept in the possibility of its departure
 wrapped myself in loss and tears of its goodbye;
how wonderful love is
 do you remember it as well as I?
 come back for another try
love,
      me.



for Julie Leigh Rodeheaver's contest
Love Me Like You Mean It
12/15/19
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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