What Is Love?

what is love to you
a term to sign with your name
a hollow box of empty promises
a packet in your purse to smooth over
your sharp comments
who do you love 
other than yourself
in reply to everything you weave a story
of yourself
love is the selfless giving
not expecting anything in return
and rejoicing 
at reciprocation
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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August 25, 2009 at 6:11 PM
your stuff is solid ,thougt provoking ,origina.a keen sense of word placement to give emphisised power. go back over your stuff in time usually you will get intense insights from your own insights that you haven't reached before causing powerful synergyand explosiive rewrites..........o
Freeman Avatar
July 20, 2009 at 9:19 PM
I couldn't agree more, love is selfless giving. God bless, Moses
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