love

ləv

what if the grammar

what if the grammar
constraining love and joy were
indeterminate

what if the reward
for choosing love over joy
were often neither

instead of responding 
to my bullshit with anger 
tell me you love me

wisdom chooses the 
sufferings of love over 
peaceful loneliness

water is stronger 
than rocks and this patient love 
is stronger than force

i broke my own heart
against yours and committed
foolish acts of love

in my dreams my eyes
are filled with joyful love for
everything they see

of all the riches
in all the world only love
cannot be stolen

making love not war 
is sure to irritate the 
other warriors

the person i love
is a shadow of herself
cast through my window