Something Like a Love Poem

I believe Love poems are supposed to be felt

Like the words should jump off the page

And create a new beat in your heart

Make you fall head over heels

And tumble down a hill

Or something like that

Smitten by the first line

Infatuated by the last stanza

Rubbing your belly because of the butterflies

While reading about the twinkle in your eyes

And holding back the tears

As you get all the feels

They’re a representation of what we feel

Or what wish we could feel

Every word coming from the heart

Being led by the mind

And felt by the soul

Reused lines like “Together we could grow old”

Followed by the waking up to your smile

And staring into your eyes that burn with passion

With hopes that this thing will last

Mixed with wonders of us moving too fast but

When I try to write a love poem

To express how I feel about you

I end up with incomplete lines

And blank pages

I could try to write a book about it

But that still wouldn’t be enough

I could write about how you’re always on my mind

But that’s the problem

You’re always on my mind

The story would remain unfinished

Because I never stop thinking about you

So, I’m not going to write a love poem

I’m going to write a poem about

What a love poem could be about

To show you how

My feelings towards you

Are deeper than any love poem could convey

Bringing out the clichés that I refuse to use

And realizing that no words could express the way I feel about you

Because I believe that a love poem from me to you

Should captivate your mind

Add that new beat to your heart

And be felt…by your soul.

-Authentic Jay