Love is like an echo
Of salvation.
Without love you
You cannot live;
You could not possibly
Live without it.

When your lover
Kisses you for
The first time
Your heart
Begins to float,
Sails like a boat.

Afterwards
As lips
Part from
One another
Your heart
Is filled
With life
And incense
As it flies
To the skies
Like a fire-bird.

- Only then you
Know
You're in love.

©Jack Aylward,
29th February 2004