Crooked love

some more compilations of love contemplations

crooked road to love

there isn't a straight line
from one thing to another,
and no right way to find it,
whatever that is.
I love all the ways
we are crooked,
and we don't know
where we are going
but we know
where we
have been.

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the divide

I finally understand
what it is to love.
without a safety net
reach across the chaos
and be with you
not own you
not control you
bridge the divide
when we want to
and meet in the middle
where we want to be.

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open

my heart
is not for sale
nor is it
on loan.
it is merely
open
for you
as long
as yours
is present,
and there
for mine.
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promises to keep

I know it is hard for you
to imagine
the things I say
are really true.
I am not asking for forever.
no one can know
when one thing will begin
and another will end.
just asking you
to trust me
and see where this one goes.
if you are worried
I am in too deep,
don't worry baby,
I already drowned,
a long time ago.
you don't owe
me anything,
you've no
promises to keep.

Author's Note

Reviews

[barleygirl]

"Crooked Road to Love" -- really love the idea here, reminds me of the Rascal Flatts song "Bless the Broken Road" which I've always loved. Your first poem sounds like a celebration of where we've been to get to here & I especially love that you say: "I love all the ways we are crooked."

"The Divide" -- I like how you're feeling thankful for how it's working right, without all the pitfalls from before, instead of complaining about how it didn't work well before. "Open" -- I notice that sometimes you are expressing your boundaries in your love poems & I understand why that is (they say good boundaries make good friends/neighbors).

"Promises to Keep" -- I like this one best becuz of the way love is expressed in the context of being free & having no expectations (which kill spontaneity & enthusiastic love). Who cares if it lasts forever? We can only know & work with the present. I totally understand that it can be a celebration to have already drowned, becuz it gives us freedom to stop worrying "what if we get hurt?"

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much. Exactly what I wanted to say. And I already used Bless the Broken Road in another poem, and I can't help it, this song is just too catchy and makes me think of my man.:)

[barleygirl]

Oh hell yeah! I can totally see that connection for you (((HUGS)))

[12.09am]

I love these!! Really capture the essence of the roads of love :)

[Lyn Anderson]

thank you for stopping in

[Alfred Kukitz]

I like relationships that lack possiveness. The door of reality remains open wide allowing all the elements of understanding to flourish.

KL you have captured the wisdom of relations. Bravo!

Regards,
Al

[Lyn Anderson]

It sure takes a long time to figure all of that out. The subject of all this understanding is mostly incredulous, having spent half his adult life trying to find such a thing, he keeps wondering when I am going to slap on the cuffs.:)

[Alfred Kukitz]

Expectation are a killer!

[Einstein Noodle]

beautiful! such a mature magic on this attitude of love ...perhaps leaving "forever" out of the equation we become similar to adrenaline junkies riding on the edge ... that free choice to remain with one another is divine says i! ... i especially appreciate the honesty that shines in this one my friend ... do you think knowing this kind of wisdom as a teen would have made things smoother for us? ;)
E.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you so much. And yes, that is a perfect way to describe it. Free choice to love allows for a much more intense love. If I had known as a teen what I know now, my life would have been very different, that is for sure.

[Einstein Noodle]

mine too ...no doubt ... however the excruciating learning makes for firm anchors ;)

[V]

A beautiful poetic painting of love and trust. You always hit me in the gut with all those emotions dripping from your words right into my mind and constantly make me long for a relation/affection like this. I like your word use, the flow, there's nothing really to critique except this one sentence in your first stanza; and no right way find it - did you miss the "to" before "find" because somehow it reads a little off for me..

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you, I appreciate that. And the catch, yes, I missed the "to"

[V]

I thought so. You're welcome.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

lots of me in these....opening the heart back up is not easy. And getting rid of the safety net, is quite difficult...

but if another can really love us back and make us feel safe...we can get rid of that net.

[Lyn Anderson]

It is worth it if we accept it with an open heart and mind. One day at a time.

[redzone]

what can I put into words, what you have already expressed with such wonderful poetry and love... maybe "Exactly" or "Yes" with a million exclamation marks... there was a line in that movie Fault In Our Stars that went something like "some infinities are bigger than other infinities and you have given me a forever within the small infinity we have together"... why do people feel that they must decide for others the quantity and quality of the love that is offered or given??? If it is open and honest then that is an "infinity" no matter how long it lasts...

your poem is an "infinity" Kl, it is one I will savor a long time for its honesty...

redzone

[Lyn Anderson]

awww thanks. love is amazing if we just let it be what it is.

[Papaya]

Love them all but first one especially. There's the shortest point between two points and the round about way. The round about way is better because gain strength and experience to carry us through each leg of our journey.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you. I am glad you like my crookedness.:)