There are moments, when love finds me
and I don’t know how
or why.
When I fall in love
I let go
and trust, that someone or something
will catch me.
It’s strange,
that words
speak beyond the grave
and give me advice about life
or a past girlfriend, sets a standard
for all the women
who might become my wife.
When was the last time, someone looked at you
and saw something special
or
you went for a walk
that transformed your life?
There are things
that will never give-up on us
and it’s important
to never give-up on them.
To dismiss your past
as a river, without memory
is to forget
where you have been, deep in the mountains
of hell or heaven.
If something great is going to happen
it’s going to come
from love.
A Man can try
but if he doesn’t love
what comes from him
won’t satisfy.
What I’m trying to say
is that love is worthwhile
in this short life we have
and without it
it’s terribly long
and lonely
So, never give up on love
it has a way of finding you
when you least expect it
and don’t reject it.
Love is the joy I get
when I write these lines
Love is waiting for you
if you can accept it.
Intellectual Shaman 
Thanks. This is reassuring.
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It came from the heart, Susan Strasser!!! I hope my poems bring you peace.
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It did. Thank you again
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Beautiful ❤️
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Thanks, Andrada Costoiu!!! 🙂
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Ugh, no it is not waiting for me. I now detest when people say that love is out there somewhere, waiting for you, at least in the context of romantic love. It’s like assuring cancer patients that they will beat cancer and recover, when in truth, some will and some won’t. But we say it anyway, because we wish it to be true for them. I long ago accepted that romantic love simply isn’t out there for me. I’m simply not a woman that the right types of men even consider. But that’s fine. Life can still be great and worthwhile without it. Or love can be family love, or platonic love, or one way agape love for all people. For some of us, that’s all there ever will be.
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Well… the Girl from Jupiter, the more types of love we have in our life, the better. If we love people, books, hobbies, whatever… we are better off. Having something to look forward to… I have a poem called, Love Will Change You. Sometimes, we have to allow. I liked your comparison about cancer, though–hope in this life only goes so far. People are looking for something that transcends this life. Love might be one of those things.
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Yes, people are often looking for something that transcends this life and offers them hope, no matter how untrue or impossible to attain. I prefer to stay grounded in reality and find joy in the small attainable things. Love, even platonic or familial love, is so often a one-way street for me that it is largely unfulfilling. One cannot accept from others that which is not offered. Self-love is the only reliable love.
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Beautiful. Love takes many forms. The most important is to love yourself and know you are worth loving. External love comes from unexpected places in unexpected forms. To be honest lol,mine came from Internet dating 😂
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Internet dating… good for you! 🙂 Love, in its many forms will change you. I’m so glad that you enjoyed the poem, Karen Hoffen! 🙂
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