Love Poem: Symbols of Love
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Written by: Juston Barrett

Symbols of Love

I watched the clouds in the sky move and dance above me as if they were alive, 
watching me. To me there was identity there. Not that numbers are alive or can 
move, but I believe there is more there than numerical quantity. Here they remind 
me of love. Love . . . 

0.  Circle of trust. Would you walk with me if I were blind – 
Would you hold my hand if I had only one –

1.  Fence post. If I built more, would you still visit me for an afternoon biscuit?
If I promise to not criticize or question you, might you look into my eyes and dare 
to love me as I do you?

2.  Swans, kissing. And if they don’t kiss, might we be as majestic and 
affectionate.

3.  Smooth, flexuous bottom that I surely like to rub and caress…

4.  A drifting sailboat. Come sail with me my sweet. We’ll voyage thru life on the 
gales of trust and anchor near the port of easy solace where we may share quiet 
moments together.

5.  Glass of wine. Slanta! I raise my glass to the future and family and friends 
who left us.

6.  A tremulous and at times adrift wave. Ride it with me.

7.  Tilt the rudder on this passive Hinckley. Let’s go together … naked. I’ll steer.

8.  It’s not the lines a skater forms on a frozen New Hampshire pond, but the 
skates she tossed into the garbage. My friend, take my hand. I’m here with you. 
I’ll not let you stay alone. 

9.  Sangria – kiss me again and again. After Zocalo and Sangria, my lips and 
mouth are fervent and tingle with sweet-tasting exhaustion.
     
10.  Not the ending but the start; I want to be with you every day of this life and 
then afterwards, forever and ever. I love you.  


the end