On the Subject of Love

June 15, 2011




For me...
I had dreams of love... like anyone...
I dreamed of being a good wife...
Making a man happy...
Making a happy home...

But... as I was growing up
I kept getting stuck.
I would want something very much
And then realize...
It wasn't what I thought love really was.
There was no real understanding.
It just... wasn't true.
It would hurt to discover this.
I wanted to be in love.

One day...
I began to discover what love really was...
I felt a true love in me.
I walked in it.
It was a gift that I experienced alone.

There was a man involved...
But... love or not love...
I wouldn't give my heart away.
I wouldn't give my heart to someone
That I hardly knew.

I held tightly on to my heart.
But I was forced by circumstance...
Into accepting something I did not want...
Who could never return my love.

What is love if it is not made real?

I believed that...
"it's a long way to go from home
not to be loved."
And what love I received in return
Didn't assure that.
I would have said "no."
I did say "no."
It robbed me of my life.

We do not lose our power of choice in love.
I believe that bonds form between two people
Who realize they are very much the same.
They know each other
In a way that is true, and real, and visible.
This is a natural love...
It happens naturally.
And they take care of each other.
It is part of our very survival.

When deeper bonds form
Maybe they will get greater gifts...
That bond them even more deeply.
That is why "rescuing a damsel"
Is a popular theme in stories...
It forms a very deep bond.

In the end,
Love is about becoming all you are
Fully and naturally...
And feeling freed... and complete...
And true to all you are...





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