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What Love Looks Like

"If anyone asks you
how the perfect satisfaction
of all our sexual wanting
will look, lift your face
and say,
Like this."

- Rumi

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I lift my face to you, my anyone
     my only one, my love,
And see your question
     unspoken but screamed
     all over you
This is what love looks like
What it looks like with
     only that one person
I see you read you
     every line of you
     words without any
     meaning full of meaning
I read you I see your face
I taste the sun and the moon
     and all the stars in all the
     fireworks.

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Abosede Ogundare December 3, 2016 at 6:12 AM Just like fireworks, love brightens us. Beautiful poem and lovely picture. Darren White December 3, 2016 at 6:41 AM It does, doesn't it :) And yeah, I absolutely love that picture

Andrea Dietrich December 1, 2016 at 7:24 PM wow, a great poem from you, Darren. I love how you got inspired by this quote. Darren White December 2, 2016 at 12:13 AM Both Rumi and Hafiz are primary sources of inspiration for me, and participating in the Rumi contest gave me inspiration for this poem :)

Doug Vinson December 1, 2016 at 4:37 PM 7. Sensitive and truthful, Darren. "What love looks like" - fascinating thing. And you found it and told us, and you've got this sometimes harsh old man choked up. ||........|| Serious question here: was it hard for you to write that? Jason Williams December 17, 2016 at 6:23 PM Doug - It is brutal, but distance never separates two people truly in love. Darren - It does make for good love poems even though the pain is so great sometimes, but remember, "Together forever, never apart. Sometimes in distance but never in heart", Love you boo ;-) Doug Vinson December 4, 2016 at 8:01 AM That separation is brutal, Darren. Darren White December 2, 2016 at 12:09 AM Doug, I am honoured with your 7!! And that it made you emotional. Yes, in fact it IS hard to write about. The person I love lives across the ocean, and although we speak daily on Skype, I am forever feeling so sad and torn up because I haven't been able to see him in person yet... It makes for good love poems though, doesn't it...

Jan Allison December 1, 2016 at 2:07 AM aww so romantic Darren such a beautiful poem:-) hugs Jan xx7 Darren White December 1, 2016 at 2:34 AM Owww, thanks Jan :) hugs xx

Tim Smith November 30, 2016 at 10:05 AM You created your own fireworks here. Darren White November 30, 2016 at 10:08 AM I did, and I like it :) Thanks.

Becca Teagan November 30, 2016 at 7:04 AM Very beautifully penned, Darren Darren White November 30, 2016 at 7:35 AM Thank you :)

Probir Gupta November 30, 2016 at 6:17 AM Artistic ... very nice ... Darren White November 30, 2016 at 7:35 AM Thank you...

Claudia Polydoro November 30, 2016 at 4:36 AM That's exactly how it looks like - beautifully said my friend :* Darren White November 30, 2016 at 5:09 AM Thanks Claudia! :)

Anne-Lise Andresen November 30, 2016 at 4:32 AM - True love :) - Beautiful written, Darren - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Darren White November 30, 2016 at 5:08 AM Thank you Anne-Lise :)

Jason Williams November 30, 2016 at 2:17 AM I love that, heartfelt. -- And it also looks like this boo. ;-) Darren White November 30, 2016 at 2:20 AM <3 Darren White November 30, 2016 at 2:19 AM It does, doesn't it :)