Love is Love is Love

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Love is not something you can trick
Entice or earn. 
It doesn't matter if you're Miss Interesting 
Or Mr Elusive
It doesn't matter if you have a thousand hobbies 
A dream job, six dogs
Not if you frequent the gym or bare your skin
Not if you write soliloquys and sing hymns
Not if you take your coffee with low fat milk
Not if you learn a new language
Not if you doodle on the corners of your notebook or write a novel
Not if you win a Nobel Prize
Earn the license to fly
Not if you sew your own clothes
and build your own home
Not if you cook up a storm
Or invent a new form of travel. 
Love is love is love. 
Love is not something you chase
Love searches for you in the crowd
Love leaves no room for doubt 
Love draws near to you
Falls over itself like a plant at the first 
glimpse of sunlight
Love is love is love. 
It’s either there or it isn't. 


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