All Love

I have heard that all ‘love runs deep,

like a river, deeper than the darkest sea’

built on the foundation of harsh experiences

that make us who we are-

Strength, independence, self reliance,

there’s a fire that courses through my veins

and gives me the strength of a thousand men

and I will never give up no matter how lost,

how scared or tired I feel

I will stay true to myself

because all love –

has to start from within.

That Day

Do you remember the time we went looking for a ring I dropped?
You followed me blindly, peering under tables and chairs
-in a room bathed in twilight.
Knowing all along, I must have dropped it in the streets.
But still you helped me-
fatigued, crouched on small legs
wearing your grin and a defiant
sense of adventure.

That’s love.