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Dear Love,
I have been craving you lately.
Adult life makes you crave strange things —like quiet
a quiet mind devoid of anxiety
Dear Love,
I hear you in a song and I weep
Tears fall with a gravitational pull to the earth
Walking through the grocery store mind wandering…
I want to be in love in a song
My heart flutters when Luther croons in a voice of silk
“I’d follow you to the moon and sky above.”
It’s “So Amazing”
I felt this love once upon a time
I was young and hopeful
I want to be “Caught Up In The Rapture of you”
“Sweet Love”
It’s a “Mystery”
Why has it “Been So Long” since I felt the intoxication of you, my dear Love?
I fell in love with you through these songs
Through the deep sultry voice of Anita Baker
Days of young love sans the bags we now carry
Were you just an illusion?
That oxytocin high
better than any drug
There is no hangover
Maybe the occasional pain in the heart
—a side effect
It dissipates with time
We chase the kind of love that only lives long in songs
The brief thrill fills us when we watch you on film
Love endures all things
Do you, though?
Your romantic side is short lived
We lose you just when you were getting good
Lasting love is found through pure determination
through commitment and work
Love is work
marital love has so little to do with romance
we can always feel the romance of you through music
Dear Love,
May you reside in our hearts always
May we always find you when we look within
I for one, always find you flowing through my pen
The words in “quotes” above are lyrics from songs by Luther Vandross and Anita Baker. Late 80’s and 90’s soulful love songs are my favorite.
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Really sweet; love is a very special feeling that we find or bear in our hearts, especially in songs. It’s a powerful force indeed.
Beautiful Karen and so lovely to hear your voice.