~The Opposite Of Love Is Fear~ A Poem

There is something so marvelous and euphoric
inside the emotions 
of being deeply and truly in love.
Not just a feeling, 
but a innocent surety that all will be okay.
Calm and excitement play in your stomach~
Some call it butterflies
but I think those jittery feelings 
are little explosions of hope,
of possibility
and of life.
When His eyes are on you, 
when he watches you with desire 
you want just to stop the world, 
hold him in your arms
and spotlight back the same feeling to him~
To hold him, kiss him~
To feel every emotion between you embrace.
And you cannot get enough.
There is never enough time,
of kisses
or sweet words between you and Him.
Just His hand on the small of your back
incites such brilliance
that the world is brighter, 
the colors deeper~
To spite the darkness,
night offers nothing short of a chance to dream of him.
All doubt of tomorrow retreats like darkness
stolen by sunshine
and spreads off somewhere you never think you'll see..
Love lives in the daylight.
It dances on the wind
and swoops to kiss the earth and everything rooted there.
Love has nothing but trust in its heart.
Like a child again, you give everything you have 
in offer of Love's breath in return.
He could be the perfect man for you....
Full of love, brave of heart and adoring of you...
Or He could be what drives you back into the places
where darkness hides.
The question is, can you open your heart
while also blanketing it against pain?
Its one or the other, 
its trust or fear.

 You cannot enjoy the fullness of the day
if you're letting the fear of night
cover your eyes.

 Stacy J. French~Roosa
11/19/2013

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