love

picture by wm. blake spencer

love comes with depth

various depths...

there is "love".

there is "in love".

there is love that can

only be defined between

the two people loving.

there is love defined

by others 

for others. 

there is love

with expectations

obligations and sometimes 

strings.

there is love

despite expectations

obligations and 

strings.

there is love that comes and goes

and love that cannot be

moved

no

matter what.

if i try to explain to you the love

i have experienced and

you cannot fully grasp

it...

does this negate

the love i've

received and given?

i don't think so.

in fact 

i know it is not so.

in the beginning

love was a gift

given

without condition

GOD 

hovered 

and created. 

we make it 

conditional.

so 

i have loved

and i love.

because i've learned to love myself

some conditions are necessary...

for sanity, safety, peace. 

but other love 

is deep

and wide

and cannot be contained

by conditions

it's 

as close to 

pure love

genuine love 

unconditional love 

we humans can experience.  

i have loved.

i love.

i'm in love.

i am loved. 

love.

in the beginning 

love was a gift

given 

without condition. 

GOD 

hovered 

and created.  

love.