Category Archives: Love

Loving Myself

These days I am often toldBy family, friends, well meaning strangersThat I do not love myself enough,That I need to love myself more.That better self-love will make me whole.I wonder if that makes meA little irrelevant for modern times.Tell me … Continue reading

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The Trigger, or The Cure

Someone I once lovedLikened me to coffee.In the seductive deliciousnessThat took over his sensesWith a hedonistic joy. The lingering bitternessThat grew on him,And, the addiction thatHe found himself drowning in. When he left, he confessed thatI was both the affliction,And … Continue reading

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Are You Love?

The one who waitsIs the one who loves.The one who is consumedIn the flames of agonyAnd, the throes of ecstasyIs the one who loves.Is love then onlyFor those who suffer?If you glide through loveNever feeling a thing,Then are you notWorthy … Continue reading

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Loving Yourself

Love burns everyone.I have burned in love.So will you too,If you haven’t already.Yes, you who is reading this.So remember,Do not lose yourselfIn someone, or somethingSo much so that you forgetTo love yourself a bit extra.Because love happens,But, no one can … Continue reading

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Winter of Love

Winter of love.Leaves fall off.Bare bones show.How does oneSurvive, and in what form?Does one revisit roots,Buried deep in decades of memories?Check if they are worth hibernating in?Is the soil moist and mellow enoughTo house a new shoot,Or, resurrect the dead … Continue reading

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