Little heart-shaped poem...

{"for JS, who likes me enough to work out this interaction..." - March 2014}

                      Love is like …

           Love           is               like?

    Carving out a trail for your motorbike,

   Tracing the steps       of an engine-check,

   Then trying to remember where     you left

   your keys.

      Love is not …

            Love                   is                           not?

Applause through a stadium,      a trophy caught;

Room-serviced sunsets and  “More here, please.”

Back to: love is …

      Love is?

A child for raising (

  First trying to   save    itself  and    breaking

     or spending every         collected       good

until its parents come:      guiding,  praising)

A child who becomes      more         aware

with every slowly    talked-out. teaching

that   it is     growing    now          and

ever breakably        in-the-making:

Heir to a long breath, riding on

old spirits (each a version of

   precious and amazing)

To be drawn  in  with

                gratitude

    and let out

with  care.

Meant

   to

be                                        full-forward

                 yet            balancing,

       strong-toed  while

  tremoring,

focused              and      reflective

while        continuously

reach

ing

.