-- Ordinary Love --

John Herlihy

Ordinary love can never be ordinary;

Somehow it ends up being extraordinary.

To be true to itself, it is always on edge;

Its commonality ends up being a pledge.

Fleeting love lives in the moment’s desire;

Hearts enjoined as in a passing brush fire.

Passionate love has fiery embers that burn;

Two hearts locked together will always yearn.

Ordinary love finds its depth in simple things;

The understanding and compromise life brings.

In happiness and sorrow, such love holds true ;

Keeping in sweet memory all the lovers knew.

Love should never be identified as just ordinary;

In preserving its course, it shines extraordinary.

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(c) John Herlihy 15 February 2020