“You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves.” Mary Oliver
What Is Love? What is love, merely an electricity, a heady overstimulation of touch, a voracious lusty coupling, or is it the meeting of like minds, a copulation of thoughts and imaginations, or is it the pleasure of being held, being acknowledged, yes, it is all of that, but surely love, real love, is the feeling we have when we know someone really wants to be with us as we are, the rest is icing on an already glorious cake. Copyright 2022 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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A beautiful poem, Paul, and a very astute observation! How many women have fallen into the trap of falling for a “bad boy” with the idea of reforming him? I am not sure whether men also do this. 🙂
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Ha, too many and yes, men do it too, and the4 results are not good. I often wonder that some of these people are from abused backgrounds.
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Yes, forget love’s never having to say you’re sorry. Love is accepting completely. Lovely poem.
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Thank you Sascha – much appreciated.
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Love is everything … love is the drug… there ain’t no cure for ..
Where Is Love?
Behind every word
There is a thought
Between every thought
There is an emotion
Underneath the emotion
There is a heartbeat
Below the heartbeat
There is a soul
Within the soul
There lives love
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wonderful response Ivor – many thanks
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You’re welcome Paul
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All of the above hopefully💕
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Yes!
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Well written ❤️
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Thank you so much 🙂
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The power of this love cannot be underestimated:
“love, real love, is the feeling
we have when we know
someone really wants to be
with us as we are.”
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It is the only way I feel, thank you very much for that Liz.
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You’re welcome, Paul.
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Spot on, Paul.
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Thank you Sandy 🙂
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My pleasure.
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A fellow realist.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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🙂
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Always a pleasure to read and share your posts with followers, Paul!! Have a great day!
😊👍✨✨🎉
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Gorgeous reflective thoughts and so beautifully written in your poem Paul. Happy Valentines Day my friend. 💖
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Thank you Cindy, belated happy Valentine 🙂
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You’re welcome Paul and thank you very much! 💖
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A romantic realist. You could teach a course on loving in the real world.
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Ha, well that would be interesting, thank you for that thought and for your response in general, much appreciated 🙂
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Well written
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Thank you so much for that 🙂
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I see that question and I instantly think “Baby don’t hurt me, no more!”
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Ah, the old wound, I get that.
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Many thanks
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Yes! Wonderfully stated.
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Thank you so very much VJ
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Welcome!
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Beautifully written – 100% true
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Many thanks, you know/share my thinking well.
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