A Look at Love

A Look at Love

Love cannot be constrained. It must be free to grow,

to lift a wing or dip a beak, its happiness to show,

to contemplate within itself the wonders of the world,

or concentrate on only one as its gentle wings unfurl.

Love cannot be understood if you would try and try.

Defying logic, it will come – or not – as time goes by.

Love can be unspoken, proclaimed in just a look,

or wildly danced upon the floor of passion’s private nook.

Love needs to feel the freedom to win or lose at will.

Love has to settle now and then, a needy heart to fill.

So look for love in sunlit skies or rainy mountain mist,

and hold not tightly to it when you feel it’s gentle kiss.

© 2005
By Ruth Y. Nott
http://www.creativewordspoetry.com

Story ID:	3877
Written by:	Ruth Nott (bio, contact, other stories)
Story type:	Poem
Location:	Chiefland FL USA
Year:	2008