Thursday, January 7, 2010

Love

Love is strange,

How it creeps in, unexpected

Drops into the open armchair of your heart

Like an old friend

How you hardly notice

Until you’re deep into the cookie jar

And have drained the coffee pot,

Talking into the wee hours of the morn.

By then, it’s too late to bid Love farewell

So you invite him to use your guest room

For as long as he likes

You get almost used to seeing him at breakfast

Both in your jammies,

Slippers on your feet.

Occasionally, you realize the situation

And marvel at the chain of events

That brought Love here.

But most days, it seems normal:

Having Love walk the corridors,

Baking bread, making soup.

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