Love Poem: I Just Can'T Not Love Her
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Written by: John Lawless

I Just Can'T Not Love Her

I Just Can’t Not Love Her

I just can’t not love her.
Time has changed a lot -
height, weight, hair color

and yet has not altered her.
Eyes that offer golden portal
to a spirit’s soaring soul,

soft lips that kiss the wind
offering their touch
to distant, lonely things.

Age, and suspect wisdom,
have not jaded her enthusiasm,
nor love’s forever promise

become a passionless chore.
Each touch a gift, each smile
the light of seasoned warmth.

I have never tried to love her
for love does not need trying.
I just can’t not love her.



11/20/2014

submitted to – Your Most Romantic Poem of 2014 – Poetry Contest
sponsor – Rhonda Johnson-Saunders