My Love Is

ashan1614 on Sep 9, 2009

Tags: Beauty, care, fragile, gift, love, Poetry, shelter

Love is precious and quite fragile. Please handle with care.

My love is a precious gift

Given freely, without strings

Other than that you accept it

It is not to be misused

Mishandled or trampled underfoot

Not thrown away – but treasured

Because it comes from my heart

My love is a delicate structure

A fragile thing that once shattered

Cannot be easily repaired

But must be rebuilt

From its foundation up

In a more suitable location

Where passersby will

“Ooh” and “Aahh” at its beauty

My love is a house; a home

It will shelter all who live there

Even the unruly tenant

Bent on tearing it down

From the inside out

At least for a while

But once evicted

Your key will be given to

Someone more deserving

My love is an intricate part

Of who I am – my identity

Do not try to twist it

Into what you think

It ought to be

I can only love the way

That I know how – with all my being

And my prayer is that

You will someday do the same

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Debra. on Sep 9, 2009
A beautiful description what ‘love’ means. Lovely flow and meaning!
Jenny Heart on Sep 9, 2009
Amen! Beautiful indeed!
cutedrishti8 on Sep 10, 2009
Nice one to share..liked it very much..
Shawn O on Sep 10, 2009
A beautiful poem. Very well written.
Jane Jane on Sep 10, 2009
expressive poem. Liked this..=)
LOVELYHONEY on Sep 10, 2009
I wish I was young enough
To cherish your love
But alas I have spent many summers
Loving with grace
Perhaps at times
Our love we misplace
End up our lives in disgrace.

What ever you say
Must be true
If love is meant to be
By the lover
Who really wants you?
ashan1614 on Sep 10, 2009
Thanks to you all (once again)! You all have been instrumental to my quest to keep writing. My life is busier than ever, but because I know there are some people out there who look forward to reading my work, I’ve re-doubled my effort to produce at least a couple of things each week.
ginahinderliter on Sep 10, 2009
Great Poem!
Johanny Lisbeth on Sep 10, 2009
oh my god this is so beautiful!!!!!!!!
Collette Edwards on Sep 10, 2009
another great poem, I know it’s hard to keep up, we all fall into the time continum, Yet you fair it well your writting never suffers, keep writting it also helps wrhit the day to day stress in our lives . LOVE IT!!
Aldrin A Wilding West on Sep 11, 2009
This is a well structured poem which holds the reader and really gives a good sense of the depth of your thought. I really liked this, for all the right reasons. Thanks.
diamondpoet on Oct 5, 2009
That was beautiful, I could feel the love.

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