Love. . .

It lights a fire in your soul

It makes you feel young, never old

It is magnificent, omnipotent, over the top

It is adrenaline in your system

Feels so good – you cannot stop

It makes the eyes twinkle and the skin glow

It creeps into your system oh . . . so . . . slow

When the love bug hits, you cannot stop its flow

It fills your soul and makes you feel whole

It has confidence and is filled with great beauty

It is life at its best

Bring it with you everywhere you go

It breaks down walls and builds up pride and joy

As you go through life, I hope

Love is all these things and more

Got love

Give love

Be love

Love is. . .

 

Denise McFarlane © 2008- 2014

You Taught Me

Copyright © 2012 by Denise McFarlane

Mom I want to say thanks. . .

You taught me about love

How it should be unconditional

But sometimes it hurts

You taught me about olive branches

And how often in life I will need them

To make peace

You taught me about generosity

And how that does not just apply to things

But to my time as well

You taught me about God

And his importance in everything I do

You taught me about food

And how it nourishes you

And how putting love in it makes it taste extra good

You taught me about discipline

By calling out my wrongs

And I take those lessons with me everywhere I go

You taught me laughter

When you would hide in the closet

As I ran around the house in search of YOU

You taught me to dream

Encouraging each talent and fantasy

You taught me about forgiveness

A hard lesson indeed and how it

Makes my life richer and my soul free

With all of that said, you taught me

how to be a Mom one day.

The Thought Of Us

The thought of Us was

An exciting notion

A welcome surprise

A breath of freshly scented air

A smile forming into a grin

So many things that I couldn’t put into words

At some point the tide turned and the thought of us was

Unsure

Unsteady

Never ready

Disappointing

Not working for me

I was glad to have the experience

And now I have the memories of what sort of was

The thought of LOVE.

Copyright (c) 2007 by Denise McFarlane