Love Poem: Love
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Written by: David Sanders

Love

This was to be a collaboration but opened a mic with this piece last night 

LOVE

(me)
FROM A GUYS POINT OF VIEW 
FINDING MYSELF
WAS THE FIRST PART OF 
KNOWING WHAT LOVE WAS 
I CAME TO UNDERSTAND
MY EMOTIONAL SIDE 
MY WEAKNESS ,
MY STRENGTH 
WHERE MY MIND 
AND HEART WERE
WHERE THE FEELINGS
WERE BURIED FOR SO LONG
DIFFERENT SHADES 
FROM LOVE OF MOTHER 
LOVE OF SON 
LOVE OF LIFE 
LOVE OF FAMILY
BUT MOST OF ALL 
MY NIECES 
AND GOD DAUGHTERS
(you)
LOVE IS SHARING SECRETS
TRUSTING IN ONE PERSON
KNOWING THEY 
KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU
THAN YOU KNOW YOURSELF
TRUSTING IN 
THEIR WORDS TO CALM
THINGS 
WHEN YOU ARE FEELING LOW 
AND ALLOWING THEM 
TO BRING WHO YOU ARE 
TO LIGHT
THEIR ALLOWING YOU 
TO JUST BE YOURSELF 
GOOD OR BAD 
THEY BELIEVE IN YOU
(me)
LOVE IS A BEGINING 
NEVER ENDING 
PIECE OF WHO WE ARE 
ABLE TO SHARE 
WHAT WE KNOW 
WITH THOSE WE LOVE 
ABLE TO BREAK 
BARRIERS 
TEAR DOWN WALLS 
AND ESCAPE THE FEAR 
(you)
WE OPEN OURSELVES 
TO EMOTION 
ALLOW OUR HEARTS 
TO FEEL 
SHINE LIGHT 
UPON OUR CHILDREN 
ALLOW THEM 
TO TEACH US 
WHAT LOVE REALLY IS 
UNCONDITIONAL 
WITH LIGHT IN OUR HEART
AND SMILES ON OUR FACES 
REFLECTIONS OF 
WHO WE WERE 
(me)
YES LOVE HAS ITS 
MANY SHADES 
SOME SAD 
SOME HAPPY 
AND WE WILL ALL 
FIND OURSELVES 
A PART OF THEM 
AT ANY GIVEN TIME 
WE NEVER KNOW 
WHEN IT WILL STRIKE 
BUT IT WILL
IN ITS OWN 
SEGMENT OF TIME 
(you)
I NEVER FOUND MYSELF 
LOOKING FOR LOVE 
BUT WHEN IT DID COME 
I ACCEPTED IT 
OPEN ARMS 
BUT TO DIFFERENCES 
OF OPINION 
FOUND MYSELF 
CAUGHT IN THE MOMENT 
IN THE MOMENT 
OF FAST PASSION 
BUT I WONT LOOK BACK
BECAUSE I KNOW 
ONE DAY YES ONE DAY
I WILL AGAIN BE LOVED 
(me)
LOVED YOU WILL BE
FOR SO LONG AS 
YOU JUST BE YOU 
AND ACCEPT 
THAT YOU ARE LOVED 


DAVID SANDERS    2.17.15