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WHAT DOES LOVE MEAN TO YOU?

WHAT DOES LOVE MEAN TO YOU?
I'VE READ A LOT ABOUT LOVE LATELY
AND I'VE PUT SOME THOUGHT INTO IT
I WAS CURIOUS TO SEE MY DESCRIPTION OF LOVE
WHEN I LOOK AROUND ME, I SEE NO EVIDENCE OF ROMANTIC LOVE
EXCEPT FOR THOSE STILL IN LUST.
I SEE COMPANIONSHIP, AND A COMFORTABLENESS
AND SOMETHING AKIN TO A BEST FRIENDSHIP.
WHERE DOES SEX FALL INTO THIS?
LUST? OR IS IT A NEED TO FULLFILL A BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION
I WONDER ONCE YOUR PAST THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
ISN'T IT THE MIND YOU FALL IN "LOVE WITH?"
AND IF YOU HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THE MIND,
THEN THERE IS NO RESPECT AT ALL.
WHAT ABOUT THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE LONELY
FOR JUST THE SMALLEST KINDNESS,
CAN THEY MISTAKE ATTENTION FOR LOVE?
I THINK THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME
AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO LET THEIR BRAIN GUIDE THEM
ARE THEY THE SMARTEST OF ALL? I HAVE A HARD TIME HERE
FOR IF YOU GO THROUGH OUT LIFE WITHOUT EXPIERCING HEART BREAKS AND
THE PURE FEELING OF EVERLASTING JOY THAT COMES WITH LOVE,
HAVE YOU ANY REASON TO HAVE AN OPINION AT ALL.

Karen J. Keicher Lowe







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