Loving demands so much from our souls

As we deal with it daily, we grow quite old

When something which starts out so very clear

Becomes a noose around your neck which sears



Then it is time to back away and collect thoughts

Because nobody in love needs to feel they "ought"

To do this, that, or the other - so many things from

Which we need to hide under cover, and be done



And away from those many emotions which drain us

And rob us of so much goodness - which was a plus

Emotional blackmail takes us to the very utmost limit

And then we curse the very people who got us in it



How DO we define love? ... 

Is it from the skies above?



We need someone in our lives - that is for sure

But when they tug us out away from our pure

Wants, needs and desires ... then how are we

To react to this dilemma ... which mercilessly



Pulls us so very far away from the simple wanton act

Which expresses our love in terms of lust given back

A pure and complete and totally uninhibited giving

Of our very selves - which so turned each other on

                                                   in the beginning



How do we define love?

Does it really fit like a glove?



Is there an outline for clarifying where we stand

Or is it simply something we do both understand

And if it isn't - and one of us needs to explain

Then surely - that is simply an infliction of pain



Insecurities abound on both sides of intercourse

For when we're apart so long, there is discourse

Rather than a healthy exchange of live passion

Something which never ever goes out of fashion



How do we define love?

Is it something we shove?



True Love knows no bounds, it is actually priceless

And assumptions can be made there'll be no test

Yet, when it happens, we backtrack to survey the scene

And try to figure out just exactly where we've been



Sharing emotions stirred in heads, bodies and hearts

Is not something we learn overnight by the yard

It comes with time in which we earn another's trust

A complete sharing not only of heart and mind, but



A willingness to involve ourselves totally in lives

We choose to share openly and honestly to thrive

And deal with day-to-day emotes which consume

Our minds, bodies, hearts, and souls as we tune



In to each other and make long-term plans to be

Part of each other, no matter where - and free

To tell each other things without recrimination

Something so very necessary for unification



How do we define love?

Is it truly in our blood?



When we tell each other eye-to-eye - "I love you"

Is it something we truly feel deep down to our shoes?

Is the feeling something which totally overwhelms us?

Or is it calculated to improve intensity of passion just?



Knowing the answers to this so incomplete puzzle

Is something so few of us really know without tussle

Those who do know and are sure of this phenomenon

Are truly blessed to be, and will - no doubt, go on and on



Christopher W. Thomas

12:12pm Sat 11/22/97