butterflies flutter in your presence
bluebells ring the sound of your voice
bold moon gives bright sun a turn
fireflies light when you smile
streams riffle your name
my heart hammers
in my mind
is this
love
What is this love we seek to find and hold?
It twists and contorts, resistant to enfold.
A surprising elusive shadow, that pops up from the mist?
When we least expect it, to enlist when kissed.
This love actually, defies logic and common sense!
For whom we love, truly deeply is beyond any pretense,
Any hope that its stickiness can be shed,
With a flick, a kick, a denial, once, twice said.
Love is persistent, won't go away, or fade.
Its inception is the exception that once made,
Is burned or carved into a tree trunk or rock,
As an emblem, a shout, broadcast around the clock.
For love is a joy, a delightful happenstance!
A meeting by chance, then with poise, to prance and dance.
I felt a rush when I looked in her eyes, but was unaware of it’s true meaning
Her thought sends shivers down my spine, I did not know with what I was dealing
I do think of her all the time, my heart is aching, is there no healing
I long for her each day, but even at night my love is revealing
I often wonder is love a pain, or is it that sweet feeling
I spend the nights counting the stars, for her love is somehow appealing
It must have been love from first sight, my stubborn heart to her love is kneeling
Between her hell and heaven, my lonely heart is now reeling
If my heart she is to spare, who then from my broken heart will be stealing
Saleh Ben Saleh
Organs in organs
Skin on skin
Is this love?
That’s what you tell me
God is Love—I dare say. But what a mischievous devil Love is!
~Samuel Butler~ (1612–1680)
What Is This Love
What can it be this act so grand
that one can taste it through dark skies
and even when a baby dies
love beats inside a mother's cries
What is this love of Heroes
that when the world has gone insane
it rights the wrongs inside your brain
and fills your soul like rain
What is this thing that we all love
that gives us breath and life
is it a tool that ends all strife
or acts of God under a knife
What can it be this word so deep
that seeps you to the bone
its LOVE alone
that saves, then brings you home.
At height of passion he said I love you
Without meaning the word of it
When she was sick, it was life as usual for him
Up in the morning off to office
He would not take leave for help her in her work
Even when he had leave, he would only demand from her
Food and service
When she was in pain he merely smiled
He never show true concern
It was as if she was a machine, a robot
Is this love? tell me!
Why are men so heartless?
If you are heartless at least don't talk of love
It stings more than actions!
Date: 11/23/2020
Note: Fictional
Have you ever
Met someone, and
When you look
Into their eyes
You get a warm
Feeling inside and
It feels like love
But it can't be
Because the two
Of you just met
Even their presents gives
You a tangling feeling inside
You feel safe and protected
Just being around them
It also makes
your eyes twinkle
And you giggle
Just like a school girl
Is this love?
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Is this love that is thrilling us?
Or just a physical attraction,
Locked in a deep embrace,
Looking for satisfaction.
Is this love a smoldering flame?
As our bodies are burning,
We cannot control,
This carnal yearning.
Is this love? I think I love you,
What is your reaction?
Do you love me too?
Or is this just a physical attraction?
Is this love ?
I feel,
or just another dream awake at dawn
Is this real ?
or just a touch of fantasy at large
Is this love?
tell me, I must know...
When you live separately,since then,
heartache does not happen, my low.
Without you,without your love.
What do I do now?
How to leave your addition,
no one will tell it now,
Will not or will not be true now.
It's my love to you that I love you.
Eyes See your way,
mind think of your wish,
Where is the consciousness lost,
there is a restlessness here.
Without you, without your love.
I lost it one Spring day beneath an old oak tree
I was just sixteen and new to love
He was so insisting I was afraid to lose him
So I agreed to love him for just a little while
I didn’t know that it would hurt so much but
I just laid there with tears inside my heart.
He held me close to him as my pain subsided
He whispered in my ear he would be mine forever
I have not seen him for a month do you know
where he is?
In the darkness a flicker of moonlight,
shadows dance. Kissing her long and sweetly
teasing, capturing her sigh craze delight,
she let out a moan unobtrusively.
"I love you. I murmured, "Just you and I."
You make my body sing and my heart soar.
Is this called love, or is it just a lie?
I found my happiness I yearn for more.
I lie and daydream to belong to her,
feeling so incomplete and so helpless;
in me an ache causing a storm to stir,
holding forever leaving me breathless.
Never had to think of no one throughout,
had only myself to worry about.
7/11/2017
I could beg
I could cry
I could make you want to stay
But honestly
Why on earth should I?
Your family attacked me
You flirted with every girl in sight
But I still tell you I love you
Guess what?
I never did
Through all of our good times
I never saw a future
You made me cry
You made me miserable
I finally snapped and
Realize what was wrong
YOU
You hurt me
But i suffered through
Because I told you I cared
I actually didn’t
I hope you aren’t expecting me to apologize
I won’t
I’m free from you and the hell you put me through.
Love has taken a firm grasp of my soul,
ridding me of chill and bite of hoarfrost
Strong arms rescued me from the Winter's cold
Etched upon my heart is his name, embossed
He soothed my senses and woeful sorrows,
offered moonbeams to dispel darkest nights
Erased the reasons for my brow's furrows
Lifted me from harm and set my world aright
He drowned me in crashing tides of passion
then revived me with life's breath in a kiss
Pray, heart, keep beating in such sweet fashion
ne'er to be slain and cast in death's deep abyss.
Tender is this love through nature's seasons
with gentle reminders of heart's reasons
Is this love ???
I feel so nice when you talk to me
I feel so glad when you with me
I feel so comfortable when you hug me
You are my world bcz I forget everything
when you with me
I miss you badly when you are far away from me
I always smile when your memories with me
May be I am fallen in love with you because every minute I am just talking and imagine you with me
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