Love And Such
by Herb Arnold

From: Herb Arnold
To: Angela Savage
October 19, 1999 1:49 AM

I have loved before
    neither wisely nor too well;
I have kissed before
    but from a kiss I could never tell
How high love had flown.

I have loved before,
    but the poets and I
Had differing opinions
    as to wherefore and why
The depth of love was known.

Poets and songwriters have,
    for what it is worth,
Described true love as
    Heaven on Earth
And uplifting the soul.

Love makes all things possible
    they said in their lies;
Love is beauty and joy
    and music and sighs!
I found it to be an empty bowl.

While I may have soared high
    and my soul was content,
Heaven was never arrived
    and my soul, it lay spent
After the passage of time.

Love has been
    an ephemeral thing;
Never quite believing
    that with truth it did ring.
Hence the purpose of this rhyme.

The touch of your lips,
    the sound of your voice,
Leaves me in such a state
    that I simply have no choice
But to admit I was wrong!

Poets and songwriters have
    been right in the past!
Love is all they claimed it to be,
    now that I've found you at last!
True love as in poem and song.

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