Simply Love

Love doesn't mean fulfillment
partnership or companionship
is not a cure for
loneliness' ache nor
provides long term relief
from depression's isolation

Love cannot compel understanding
comprehension
a sincere, deep seeded attempt to
to learn another soul
It does not give lessons
or provide guidance into
how you think, operate
there is no template or
instruction manual to decode your
secret needs

Love fails to extend
sincere appreciation or acknowledgement
belief in one without judgement
encouragement without envy

Love is simply love
pure joy and elation
dwelling within an empty vessel
until the pressure mounts and bursts
or subsides and slowly fades away

Love is simply love

Seeking Solace

Desperately
seeking solace in your smile
silence in your satisfaction
strength in your mesmerizing stare
sublime solidarity in your smugness

You are the
sunshine of my singular existence
simple soup for my splintered soul, a
salve on this painful sore, my
surreal sunflower in the midst of sorrow.