Once there is love, the world spins a little faster

And as you go on, life evolves without hardship

For loving people show their caring in many ways

Sometimes with their touch, or kindness, over days

In which they share good thoughts through layers

Of smiles, laughs, songs, lilts and quiet prayers

And this sharing does elevate one to a higher tier

... One which is not filled with any kind of fear

For they have over time developed their deep trust

Which is soaked in the elixir of love without crust

For they know well beauty they have found in the past

Beauty which abounds inside and even so - needs no mask

For this kind of beauty is felt through vibes and strings

Which are plucked one by one, and thus - so do ring

Bells in the mind - which jingle with chimes of peace

For as they sound their peal - listeners give grace

And support their own views of substance without peer

For no doubt exists in their minds - as they are dear

To the crux of their sharing in virtually every way

And founded so well on their platforms they can't play

With the idea the person to whom they give heart and soul

Has any mark which tells them their love has scrolled

Up out of a window which has been visible without tolls

As many of these bespeak longing which has been soiled

By some who put weight on doors through which they leap

As they scurry about, looking hard for new angles to peep

Through - so they can check off their list, tunes too deep

And having done so - they then can foster, as they do creep

Words of separation based on incorrect assumptions donned

For their views are warped by lies, exaggerations and scorn

All perceptions rooted in sounds of another, earlier age

When matters were stumped, for nothing was founded on a page

Which is where this is now, and will stay here even still

Until such time as one can read, ingest and infer at will

Love abounds, in spite of all pain which has been suffered

By taunts thrown this way and that - and have thus toughened

Wills, hearts, minds, and created deep emotional respect

For having done so ... now we can shine as one, all checked.



- Tristram