I’m writing a love poem
I’m writing a love poem
to celebrate the union of two friends
and what a joy it is to draw from these feelings
of never wanting our budding love to ever end
I know it’s new
but it feels like something true
and timeless the same way
old poems and songs still resonate today
I’m writing a love poem
and I want it to be a classic
that sparks awe and tears
and breaths held—and then cheers
with toasts to the bride and the groom
and beaming faces lit up across the room
I’m writing a love poem
but I don’t know where to start
I’ve got the pieces and the feelings
and the blessings from the heart
so I trace it back and go from the beginning
and write what I know of love beyond endings
I’m writing a love poem
when all I want is to lay in the sun with you
but you’re three thousand miles away
texting me you miss me at the end of your day
and I’m calling to say I miss you too
(and almost ready to say I love you)
when I’m writing a love poem
and all I can think
is how I could keep writing
and writing until I ran out of ink
and still that wouldn’t do
to bring me closer to you
I’m writing a love poem
in my head and in my sleep
and between meetings I can barely focus
yearning for Friday when in your arms I leap
but what is desire without a little distance,
a little bit of struggle, a little bit of missing
I’m writing a love poem
for two people choosing each other forever
and I hope we keep choosing
and finding our way back to each other
for now and for the future
and maybe for ever after
I’m writing a love poem
that’s not some sappy happy ending
but a glimmer of hope in the weary face of life
like a boring Tuesday afternoon
made shiny and joyful anew
we gather here today
to cheer on the brave lovers
as they embark on the journey
of navigating all the seasons together
I’m writing a love poem
or rather another poem while I marinate
on the half scattered poem I started earlier today
so “take this as you will”
and take the rest of my heart
because it has been yours
from the very start.
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