All Love
I have heard that all ‘love runs deep,
like a river, deeper than the darkest sea’
built on the foundation of harsh experiences
that make us who we are-
Strength, independence, self reliance,
there’s a fire that courses through my veins
and gives me the strength of a thousand men
and I will never give up no matter how lost,
how scared or tired I feel
I will stay true to myself
because all love –
has to start from within.
That Day
Do you remember the time we went looking for a ring I dropped?
You followed me blindly, peering under tables and chairs
-in a room bathed in twilight.
Knowing all along, I must have dropped it in the streets.
But still you helped me-
fatigued, crouched on small legs
wearing your grin and a defiant
sense of adventure.
That’s love.