I lay here lovesick,

Enchanted by the constant tragedy
of amorous dissatisfaction,
and the comedy of its scale,
its perceived weight

All of the lovers that are
just waking up to the fresh
contact of the living day

       --The same who might find
          their bed to be a haven
          of grey doubt tonight

This shuffling of emotion onto us
and further onto others
should be exhausting

and it often is,
but it is so intriguing
that we can't help but
turn the next page of our adventure

      or ****** dimestore romance

This novel baffles me with its
universal story of

                 insecurities abound

                 and doubts fulfilled
                 alongside desires

But when I see it
in the unmistakable
words that we write
on the page of life,

I'm all the more encouraged
to love without the fear
and anxiety that has
                                       Plagued the lover
                                    ten times over

And if there's one thing
I've learned
in all of this

It's to love what you've got
when you've got it

And when you don't have it, well...

                             Your guess is as good as mine