Love Poems

I have often wondered
Where love begins.
I thought that maybe there might be
A bolt of lightning
To shock the soul.
Or maybe, it would be a flood
Raging through my heart.

Then, there was a small fluttering
Inside me.
Much like the the beating
of butterfly wings on air.
Suddenly, I realized....
Love had begun.



Why do you scare me so?
Is that what you want to know?
I suppose it's the fact that you
Treat me like no other.
You have been so sweet and kind;
Whereas, others have been like ice.
You are warm and fill me
With a feeling no one has sparked before.
It's out of my realm of thinking
How you managed to enter my soul.
But now that you are there inside,
I would not want anyone else there.
You scare me, and that, I admit,
But, I would not change it at all.



You have frightened me again.
The pieces of my mind and my heart
Were finally meshing together.
The hurt that you have pressed on my heart
Was starting to fade away,
Much like the stars at dawn.
Then, you had to implant doubt
Against the transition, that I....
That I thought was going so well.
Your simple kiss kindled the ashes
Of the fire that was dying within me.



There is a man — more a spectre really —
Who has invaded my thoughts.
He lacks the substance of body
But has all the power of mind and soul.
I have never even heard his voice,
Yet he calls to me in some way.
I respond with longing
I meet him by computer glow and candle's light.
Eager to see what the night might bring.
At first, it was laughter and innuendoes.
But now, he touched me deeper....
It is more powerful...an awareness.
We say good-night and say good-bye.
Kisses spoken, not truly felt.
I lay in bed, my heart beating thunder —
Wanting, needing, but there is no face...
Just a shadow of things wild and sweet.


I love the feeling I get
When I look at you.
There is a feeling of warmth
That flows through me.
Then the gate closes on the flow
When I remember that you don't
The same as I.
The gate stems the rush I feel
And makes the feelings stagnate.
A day goes by....
Then, I look at you.
And I love the feeling I get.



There is a squeezing black hand
Closing off the feelings to my mind
While the raw, aching gnaw of hurt
Eats away at my battered heart.
I thought friendship would come easily,
And I could adjust to the situation.
I guess I was wrong this time;
Not that I haven't been wron before.
This time...my mistake has cost me
A piece of my soul.
I tried to convince myself
That I should not love you,
But an open heart never listens
To a conscious mind.



A crashing wave of confusion, doubt and love —
Yes love — overwhelms me
When you speak that way.
You try to knock me over
With your shoving confessions of love.
The past has been left behind....
Much like an abandoned car on the side
Of a lonely highway.
But, your pounding emotion batters
At the door in the steadfast wall
That was erected around my heart.
I know you stand outside —
A lonely beggar seeking shelter and warmth,
But I cannot let you in
To rape me of my love and trust again.



Betrayal strikes at the heart
Lashing open wounds that cause bleeding.
It drowns the love, drowns the soul,
Suffocates the mind.