#1 - Love is Space and Time Measured by the Heart.

LOVE'S VOYAGE

As an infant, love came freely,
with no stipulations.
The unique and helpless baby
made it flow from an endless fountain.
It was given and returned easily,
with no threat of being taken away or withheld.
It was love in its purest form
by its simple demonstration.

As a teenager, love was more complicated.
Without constraints just a few years ago,
the awkwardness of adolescence made
it difficult to reciprocate or convey.
On the path between childhood and maturity,
it was taken for granted as a rightful possession,
but was seldom passed on
without impossible preconditions.

As a young adult, love grew even more complex.
Centered on the passion of a moment,
it wasn’t understood on a deeper level.
The growing process far from over,
the depth of what it meant was buried by
all-or-nothing expectations.
It exploded in flames when assumptions were burned
by the fire of disappointment.

Today, love encompasses everything.
It defines what I want and where I’m going.
It exists in the simple joy of waking each day,
in the smell of a freshly mowed lawn,
on a walk in the sand at the ocean’s edge,
in the faith and trust I put in our relationship.
It is who I am, who you are, and who we are.
We find comfort in its splendor
and are enraptured by the magic it performs.