It Is Enough to Love

 

You

You make me cackle with wild laughter.

It is not why I love you. 

 

You drive me mad with desire,

But again, it is not why I love you.

 

You amaze me with your intellect,

But once again it is not why I love you.

 

You delight me in the breadth of your interest.

But again and again, this is not why I love you.

 

You make me crazy with passion and weak in my knees,

Still, this is not why I love you.

 

You take my breath away with your beauty,

Yes, yes, yes, it is still not why I love you.

 

Your knowledge of this expansive world cultures and languages amazes me,

But in no way is this why I love you.

 

You hold my love in your heart

For this and all these things . . . 

are not why I love you.

Just to love . . .

That is enough.

Easy is Too Long

I’ve been having it so easy,

For a long time now . . . .

and now, 

I’m just little bit tired and sick

of being on the wrong side of easy. 

With hard times coming,

Taking it easy is not so easy any more.

Living or dying,

Caring or not,

Some choices, tough or not, have gotta be made.

We think we’ve come so far yet nothing kills like the deception we live 

In our hearts and minds we yearn for peace  

then we cry out in pain and rage sweeps our hearts and minds

And blood and butchery runs in the gutters of our hearts.

We’ve been taking easy for too long nowl

And if ever had any faith it is long since lost. 

Till I met you and yes, I’ve met you.  

In the alley's of my mind and byways of my heart. 

It’s easy loving you.

A cushion of love and then the fear of losing you. 

But hard choices remain,

And the easiest of all was loving you.  

 

David McCullough

September 16, 2022