To Love (A Valentine's Day Poem)

Live, laugh, and love

These were things I was taught since

I was very young

But every attempt at it made me wince

And my head low I hung

It always seemed to come easy to some

And hard to others

Every time I tried to find 

Love, I felt loss, without friends or brothers

To aid me or to guide me

Loneliness always hung around, bind 

And confine itself, never to let me free

Until you came to me

The one blossom

Ready to bloom

And shatter what was held in my bosom

All of the doom and gloom

Within you, I found a bit of myself

And unlike in the past

I found it without much help

Everything seemed to move fast

And love flew by us as well

The emotions cascading like a waterfall

Within us each moment came to a swell

Bringing along with it a well

Of enriching waters to cleanse

And opened up a brand new lens

By which to see,

To think, to feel

I would watch out memories over again

Like they were a memory reel

And finding more and more

How much this relationship had its appeal

Yet in spite of its zeal

We had to face challenges that were real

Lines began to split and began to crack

After the damage had been done

There was no going back

I tried my best to win you over

Or at least to get things back on track

It took some time but it healed

It made me so happy to find 

Our loved being re-revealed

Rediscovering love and finding it within us

Helped to reinforce out bond

And helped us to regain our trust

As these words are written now

I write them out of love, not of lust

And I long for them to linger

Till we have passed and turned to dust

In many ways, we are like life itself

What we have cannot bought or sold

Cannot be taken from a shelf

Material things pale in comparison 

But having them to show love helps

Being with you has taught me many things

But one thing I will carry with me

To lands far above

Is to live, to laugh, and most importantly, 

to love.