~ Love In Reality ~

All the love songs speak of a Love 
that is created in Heaven
with more distance than the stars
and strength of the sun shining.
The music, the words~ 
The emotions incited
sway and dance 
with such timed and controlled rhythm.
It's so exciting and perfect there 
in that song world
with no room for reality.
I get caught up in the words. 
I find myself daydreaming 
about that Love that songwriters feed us...
Over and over they play
until they no longer mean anything.

 If I love you it may not be a Love story written in books
or caught in the melody of a song, 
but I love you with all of me...
and I abandon all hope of living without you.

 ...Still, the thought occurs to me~
Love is only as grand or as boring 
as we make it...
I could show you more
the love that is trapped in my heart for you.
I could hold your hand more,
linger in our kiss longer
and stare into your eyes 
until those damn love songs
are nothing close to the love I give you.
The breathless kisses,
the way your neck smells 
and the feeling of safety you create for me, 
like a home,
inside your arms.

 The fear of you, too, abandoning me
has kept me back here...
In the shade of doubt.
But what's all this worth if I don't open my mind and heart to you?
How can I say I loved you
if I didn't give you all my love?

 Stacy J. Roosa
12/5/2013
Copyright © 2013 Stacy J. French~Roosa

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