what ever love is...

what is love ...

a question, an answer
it is sometimes a curse
a needing, a longing
a blinding starburst

love is gentle and giving
both quiet and loud
it's fiery and frenzied
yet soft as a cloud

it is born and it grows
it may live, it may die
it brings pain and pleasure
a smile and a sigh

it can tear you apart
it might drive you insane
you may fall in and out
yet it's never the same

love opens our minds
to romantic new notions
of roses, deep red
and magic love potions

love speeds up our pulse
our heart might well ache
love is so powerful
it can make a heart break

some love is forever
some just for a while
some walk life together
some share for a mile

whatever love is...
a mysterious state
two souls bound as one
intended by fate

Copyright © 2011 by Eryll Oellermann