Love Poem: An Act of the Will
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Written by: Donal Mahoney

An Act of the Will

If love’s real, not 
the puppy kind, it’s
not just a feeling
but an act of the will 

a constant giving 
whether one 
feels like it or not.
After many years

you don’t know why
you’re doing it 
or why It must be done.
Two begin as grapes

purple with passion
unaware you'll be 
raisins wrinkling
at the end.


Donal Mahoney