Love is Wordless

By Lylani

I always assumed Love was loud
Full of Passion and Fire
But Fire destroys
And Passion will tire

I thought it was staying up till dawn
Talking the world to rights
But they're just things we said
To hide the emptiness of night

I thought it was screaming
to make you understand
But I was screaming my insecurities
The bits of me I cannot stand

Then there was you
Quiet
Understated
Overflowing in shy beauty

Love lingers in the gentle brush
of your lips against mine

It hides in the depths of your eyes
When our bodies entwine

It is falling down exhausted
from holding hands and kicking leaves

It is the hue of your blushes
when I catch you watching me

It is locked in your arms
When you hold me through tears

It is what's kept us together
through all of these years

Love is wordless
Love is peaceful
Love is true

Love is you not changing me for you

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Published on Thursday, October 16, 2008. Filed under: "Love" and "Poetry"

Comments on "Love is Wordless"

A former member wrote: Beautiful and it fills me with hope thank you for sharing
On Tuesday, March 1, 2011, starrynite522 (16) wrote:

You make love sound like wonderful thing to be in. The quietness that is left when all else fades away.
On Tuesday, May 4, 2010, Miztaken4beauty (176) wrote:

Sweet, with a bite at the end. I loved it.
A former member wrote: You depicted love perfectly in this, I love it :) Thank you for this.
On Saturday, November 29, 2008, Believer (48) wrote:

this was incredibly soft and sweet. i'm happy to know that you've experienced such a thing.
On Thursday, October 16, 2008, Leith Plunkett (237) wrote:

These soft words screamed at me. So beautiful in identifying simplicity in love.(It is falling down exhausted from holding hands and kicking leaves) This image for me was so, so beautiful. Faved for sure
On Thursday, October 16, 2008, disposable (103) wrote:

awesome write. i think i'll fav ya. ;0)
On Thursday, October 16, 2008, Narcissa (391) wrote:

In your soft tones I felt the beauty of love...this was beautiful.
A former member wrote: very tender, capturing a slice of the myriad of ways in which love manifests daily in the often overlooked moments of togetherness. I especially am drawn to the final line... where there is found a kind of freedom in embrace; an atmosphere of anticipation, of welcoming the 'you' that does not become a 'you for me'. Existential.
On Thursday, October 16, 2008, Aleas (169) wrote:

Beautifully worded. But does love really need tangible reasons, or labels for what it is?
On Thursday, October 16, 2008, Lylani (112) wrote:

I don't think it needs tangible reasons or lables - I think it's something that is completly inexplixable but is sometimes glipsed in tangible moments