Love Poem: For What Is Love
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Written by: John Lawless

For What Is Love

For what is love
when lust, now cool,
sits idly in a nested spool?

What fuels the flame
banks, tends the fire,
ignites the coolness of desire?

When looks can scorch
a silent room, a glance
rekindle romance

a distant wink
a lingering gaze
set love’s memories ablaze.

For love is not a what
or when, nor is it but
a now and then

it is the lovers
simmering lust
embers of a timeless trust.


©2/26/2022

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