Love

Love

doesn’t have to be giving up yourself,

like being absorbed into a heap.

Love

doesn’t have to take your personality

like that one unique snowflake shoveled from the walk.

Love

can be two spirits,

flying side-by-side

down paths too dark to go alone and too wondrous not to share.

Love

doesn’t have to be

grappling for control of the remote.

Love

doesn’t have to conflict,

take offense or be treacherous.

Like sharing the best part of each other

with no fear.

Love

is a journey.