Inspired by Lisa Hannigan*

Love is a gamble
reliant on loaded dice
and polluted drink.

Love is birthing joy
and a mother's surrender
upon your new breath.

Love is Oscar Wilde,
this time loving openly
and openly loved.

Love is detachment
from fairytale promises
and peace in living.

Love is in the talks
we have, endlessly littered
on my lonely walks.

Love is honesty:
I think of you so often,
and live with the cost.