If I Fall I Fall in Love

Saint Ignatius good and gracious
What is a wanderer to do?
Shenanigans afoot I see
Come thick and fast out of the blue
As I end up where I begin

This world does not agree with me
And quite possibly not with you
Wary with no sanctuary
Death is scary but life is too
Armor is not efficacious
Against a foe which waits within

All I have left is poetry
The earth beneath the sky above
One too cramped one too capacious
I like the sea where sirens sing
And if I fall I fall in love

But love is all and everything

+Steven Curtis Lance



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smiling* - very well written...this is a fav.
misty...

Really? Hooray! Thanks, Misty. I was wondering if anybody would like this one, and I'm so glad you do; that means a lot to me.

Love,

+Stevie

Steven, I don't know why, but this poem got to me.

And if I fall I fall in love

But love is all and everything


There gets no better than these two lines.

My dear friend! Thank you for that. Your poems often have that effect on me as well, and certain lines seem written just for this moment which is me, leaping out at me and weaving themselves into my tapestry, becoming me.

I am grateful to you for your insight and your kindness, your deep reading and writing.

Love,

+Stevie