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"LOVE"  [to seekers]

~free verse / shades of Gibran~    
   
Love shall seek not....    
but for its own satisfaction    
and will not be easily swayed    
from its course.    
   
It will....    
bend and twist you    
and shine and dim upon you    
while holding onto those within its grip.    
   
Until....    
they become pliant and giving    
trusting and alive    
with its genuine and crystal-clear vision.    
   
It will know you....    
even though    
you do not know yourself    
and until you do.    
   
It cannot....    
be captured    
and will not be controlled    
by anything other than love itself.    
   
It shall not....    
be fooled    
nor can it be substituted    
or replaced.    
   
For....    
Love is sufficient unto Love    
and can be known only    
to itself.    
   
Nothing known can destroy genuine Love.    
   
Love....    
will warmly embrace you    
but only upon finding you worthy    
to its demanding task.    
   
Until that occasion....    
you will ever be seekers    
of this lustrous gem we call –    
   
"LOVE"
   
   
   
Richard W. Jenkins    
©2021    
   
Written by RichardJ
Published | Edited 12th Jul 2022
Author's Note
"There is no single answer to the question of what love truly is,
but this I have found it is to me – perhaps, now to you!"

Artwork © by Andrew Gonzalez, Amoré, oils and layers of gesso on board.
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