If Love Is
If love is, then,
A meeting
And a meaning,
Just one meaning,
One shared meaning,
Then listen gently
To the sound
Of its tender sigh,
Its soothing,
Wind sung note.
Do not look for words,
But the low
Plaintful moan
Of lovers’
Sweet release.
Drink it as I do
With no thought
Before
Or after.
Nip the cool
Sensation
Of hushed
Wet gasps
That echo
When lips meet
And mean
The warmth,
The oneness,
The fusion.
Excerpt from unpublished Early Poems
Artwork by Moira Marshall. Many thanks.
Excerpt from unpublished Early Poems
Artwork by Moira Marshall. Many thanks.