Love Lightly
Love lightly…if you love at all
tread cautiously; avoid the fall
Why plunge when you can dabble, dip
and stay secure from fatal slip?
Hold tightly to your armored lance
don’t make the charge, do not advance
Attune yourself to any twinge
should passion push beyond the fringe
A heart in love lays raw, exposed,
susceptible to friend or foe
A glancing blow is quite enough
to warn against the stronger stuff.
Yet love is but a wily jade
and tests both moat and barricade
And steals in softly through the chink
to push you cruelly off the brink
Then laughs to see you flounder there
asphyxiating in your cares
And terrified of what may come
to those whose love you have succumbed
Much wiser, then, to stand apart
and leave the risk to stronger hearts
Remain aloof; your love your own
Safe on the shore
and all alone.
That’s beautiful, Jenni, and so powerfully true, as well.
yes….the alternative….is to remain alone…
did God remain alone?
Loved this! Thank you.
you little poet, you! :O)
well done, Jenni.
Wonderful!
Really beautiful. I love it.