Wednesday, January 2, 2013

The Love of...



The Love of...

The love of whistles
Piercing the cold air,
The love of sleigh bells
Ringing everywhere;

The love of music
Touching hearts with love,
The love of angel's 
Wings fluttering above; 

The love of beauty,
Serenity of grace,
The love of laughter,
A smile upon a face;

The love of blue birds,
Twittering so sweet,
The love of raindrops
Dancing on one's feet;

The love of snow flakes
Swirling through the air,
The love of children
Playing without care;

The love of sunshine,
Clouds dancing in the sky,
The love of spring time,
Winter flying by;

The love of travel,
Freedom to express
All the loves of this life
That one can profess.  

Oh, What is Love?



Oh, What is Love?

Oh, what is love?
How can one know
That what is seen,
True love would show?

Oh, is love's face
One that's revealed
Whene'er a heart
With love is sealed?

Oh, is love's joy
One that's complete,
When it's expressed
In words so sweet?

Oh, when is love
As truth thus found,
Or does it go
Round and around?

Oh, why is love
Hard to define?
When will I know
That it is mine?

The Romantic



The Romantic


The romantic has a gentle soul

Coupled with a melancholic spirit,

Passion beyond the height and depths of joy and despair,

The softness and tenderness of pure love;

An openness to vulnerability,

A lack of immunity to enticement,

The frailty and fragility of a trusting mind,

A heart that is easily broken and mended;

The willingness of total submission

Subject to the wiles and whims of another;

Love that knows no bounds in giving and receiving,

A purity of perception that sees into the soul;

The romantic is a lover beyond compare. 
  

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Is There a Dark Side to Love?



Is There a Dark Side to Love?

Is there a dark side to love?
Isn't love always perfect?
That's the way its supposed to be...

Love has its dark side,
One not always recognized...
Love seems imperfect, at best.

In retrospect, 
Those who love grow wiser...
Sometimes, but not always.

Love, supposedly perfect,
Is yet imperfect...
So wise, so late....too late.

From shades of light
To shades of dark...
Love runs the full gamut.

Love has the absence
And the presence of color...
With many shades of each.

The presence, the absence of love,
The insecurity of love...
Part of love's reality.
  

The Power of God's Love



The Power of God's Love

The power of God's love for man
Is such that no man can refute;
The good, the bad, the best in man,
His nature, no one can dispute.

A double pathway God reveals
But leaves it up to man to choose;
A godly pathway, he may walk 
Or otherwise, His love refuse.

In God's forgiveness, love is found;
It's love that God Himself will show
And give to anyone who seeks
The highest love that man can know.

God's grace is love, His power revealed
To touch man's hearts and minds for good;
To usher forth the best in man,
Revealing truth, just as He should.

God's arms of love are open wide, 
His love and mercy ever sure;
Within His realm man can abide
And with Him ever be secure.   

On Pseudo Love



On Pseudo Love

Pseudo love is not true love; it always wears a mask of deception,
Revealing the stark reality of its false nature.

It is the 'other' face that humankind oft wears,
One that laughs at death and revels in destruction.

Pseudo love does not acknowledge the reality of true love,
The beauty of nature or the blessings of the hour.

It mocks the joy of humankind and ridicules the celebration of life;
Its presence brings disgrace to a solemn occasion. 

Pseudo love cannot build a strong fortress for humankind;
It tears down the work of a builder's hands by mocking his efforts.

Like a lion, it lies in wait to pounce, attack and consume its prey;
Chaos and confusion are the order of its day. 

The truth of its false nature may be concealed for a time,
But its reality waits to be revealed.

When pitted against true love, pseudo love is exposed
For what it really is, a mere imitation of true love, 

It's like a mockery of justice, adverse in nature, 
Dependent upon its own wasted efforts at self-glorification;

Its relentlessness and senselessness, a harsh, cold reality 
That humankind must contend with, throughout the ages.

The wary eye of humankind can spot pseudo love,
Alert others to the dangers of its adverse ways,

Break the pretense of its pseudo power,  
Arise in solemn judgment against it,

Unmask its precarious plot and halt its potential terror;
Ultimately turn humankind back to his right course in life.

In any confrontation, true love invariably wins,
As deception is the devious nature of pseudo love.

When confronted with the reality of true love,
Its helplessness, hopelessness and powerlessness is revealed.

The futility of pseudo love becomes apparent,
With inevitable death as its ultimate demise.       


 

My Meandering Muse




My Meandering Muse


My meandering muse is a playful spirit filled with love and joy;

A fun loving, kind and sensitive spirit that awakens when least expected;

An inquiring spirit ever searching for answers to timeless questions;

A thirsty spirit that can only be satiated by true love;

What depths of mystery, inspiration and truth will be revealed by my meandering muse?

'Twill be the truth about true love.

True love can ne'er be quenched. It can only grow and spread; its tentacles reaching deep into the hearts and minds of humankind. 

Such discovery is the task of my meandering muse.