Last Seen Love

It was last seen on 241 Wandering Street.

Size: indefinite – dependent upon feat,

Demeanor: irrational,

Countenance: sanguine – if from dishonesty it doth prove abstinence.

I daresay I have spotted it several times

Wandering the streets like a stray creature;

No one would believe me, for their minds have been

Blinded by stuff of a most ephemeral nature.

Its fickle presence depicts a more devious nature

Than society norms would feature.

They say love vanished because of a premature end to its igniting flame,

But I have not found any verity within that famous claim.

So I reminisce.

I reminisce,…….

Of unconditional access to listening ears

Proving faithful, and so calming lachrymose fears,

Of a “friendship caught fire”[1], that does make one unusually inspired, and

Of beaming memory tokens bespeaking understanding.

You see,

When love is in its truest form

It is not simply a fire that dies with a wind or a storm,

No, no…

When fueled with constant care and perseverance,

It is an ever-illuminating light,

It is a warm embrace.

~ R.H.

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[1] From Laura Hendricks’s “Love Is Friendship Caught Fire”.