Love – Page 22 – Dark Side of the Moon

Loving Difficult People

What if you made it to the end of your life having loved only those who loved you back?

When first we met, My sight was set: I knew where I was bound. You said your aim Was quite the same, And pretty soon I found...

Foamy water laps my feet as if to say hello Wet sand crunches and shifts beneath my weight Your sweet voice sings to me...

Love is thoughtful, Love is caring; Love is helpful, Love is sharing.

And I am forced To send my kiss into the air Trusting that it will find its way to you

Written as a response poem to WEAPONS by Charles Robert Lindholm

For though your lips were silent, you said tons with your eyes of blue
And I started to save my kisses in a bottle just for you.

"And yet not cloy thy lips with loath’s saciety,
But rather famish them amid their plenty,
Making them red, and pale, with fresh variety—

Create in me
the conviction
that your love
will never fail

Who knew the power of a touch—
that a kiss could transform...