Wednesday, December 08, 2004

Symptoms of love

Love is a universal migraine,
A bright stain on the vision
Blotting out reason.

Symptoms of true love
Are leanness, jealousy,
Laggard dawns,

Are omens and nightmares,
Listening for a knock
Waiting for a sign

For a touch of her fingers
In a darkened room,
For a searching look.

Take courage, lover!
Could you endure such grief
At any hand but hers?

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