Love
Steals suddenly upon me quite
Like dark steals upon us at time of night.
As a blushing sunrise like a timid smile spreads
On dewey grass and flowered beds.
A pet I know not how to keep;
A small hope born, now swallows me.
An infectious plight I can’t (won’t) repel;
Joy and pain in ambient swells.
Though unearthly, it seems tangible now
In soft caresses and spoken vows.
I want and fear it in equal measure,
Without it, Day's devoid of light and pleasure.
This crazy, unreasonable emotion
Wrecks my thoughts with static commotion,
But this buzz, this hum of heart strings strumming
Is just tremors of the flood that’s coming.
For love is an elephant if it is a fly
And cannot content itself to just steal by.
With the force of a soup-like foggy haze,
Love comes up softly, but stays with a blaze.