Love is the lie that keeps us alive.

That keeps our hope burning through the night

Never to be squandered, never blown out

Like a candle, held up w/ hope

Love is the sun on a bright, cloudless day

The kind that makes you wear sunglasses out

The kind where the rain & the clouds stay away

The kind where you can’t help but wonder

How life would be if it just stayed forever this way

Love is the curious mystery of life

That makes me overthink what I never would before

That makes me try to do more than I need to

& makes me lower my expectations more than I should

Love is what I can never find

No matter how many times I look & try

They say love is natural, it should be a comfort

& yet as I stumble through, it’s never enough