love is a word love is a verb love is not outspoken afterthoughts it is laughs and your hair in the wind the flowers grazing the tip of my nose as I breathe you in; it is not a melancholy vibration overtaking my entire being as if I am not worthy of the word of love.. but this body made of decaying wood and rusty bolts is no longer the home for this lingering hopelessness I once called home love is a verb that could only beg to describe your active presence. love is an adjective for the way I feel when you laugh over nothing and our endless sorries. love is a noun because it is who you are to me.