Love’s Passage

By Kathy Armijo

How does love begin?

Is it that you get a wink?

Or, does it happen before you can think?

You could meet in church.

You could meet just sitting on your stoop.

Regardless, your heart knows and lets out a whoop!

And quickly your demeanor you try to recoup.

Is it truly love or lust?

You think, “Are we in the same age-group?”

You figure, “I’ll give it a whirl!”

Sometimes, the dance endures

Sometimes, it is like two ships passing in the night

Call it what you will

Love, lust, a fling, or any other thing

This feeling always makes your heart sing

If it ends, your heart breaks

But up front, you knew the stakes

Is it truly

Better to have loved and lost,

Than to never have loved at all?

NO!!  Not when you’re taking such a fall

It would be better to be like a rubber ball

To bounce back up, or get on a roll

Rather than letting that loss consume your heart

Easier said than done

But you gotta’ start somewhere

Least that’s what they say

Don’t dwell on the loss

Just remember, you are the BOSS

Of your life