Experiencing love

by JLR

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A constant temperature-perfect bath

with soft cascading classical music

swelling and ebbing as candles flicker

with her back against my chest.

Brilliantly blue eyes blinking away tears

of joyfulness that tugs at the heartstrings,

strumming to heavenly sighs of perfect

union with my soulmate for many long years.

That first tender touch of a newborn grandchild

simply tickling the cockles of an old man's heart

while gazing at your firstborn daughter's eyes filled

with a depth of awe that words could never express.

A glowing warmth of pride bubbling over

like an oozing pot of sticky molasses

as your first grandchild flips their tassel

upon college graduation day.

Standing in utter stillness above a nesting

Eagle as she painstakingly feeds her eaglets.

Untiring, fully committed, unselfishly determined,

one becomes flushed with awe at her caring.

A sun that is rising heavenward in glowing orange

-like a lofting basketball, second by second,

filling the drab morning with abundant

radiating warmth that makes all things grow.

These things and more

of a lifetime of protected treasures

that I can recall in the blink of an eye.

Every one of these is what I call love.

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Experiencing love

by JLR

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