Take a moment.

Definition of LOVE

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a (1) : strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties love

for a child> (2) : attraction based on sexual desire : affection and tenderness felt by lovers (3) : affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests <love for his old schoolmates>

b : an assurance of affection love>

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: warm attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion <love of the sea>

I have been asking everyone that I know about Love.

When did they know they were in it. How long did it take to admit it. Who did the admitting.

I  love to hear the stories....To watch their cheeks pinken and thier eyes remember.
I love to watch their body language. A folding of the arms, a tilt to the head.
The smile that hitches the lips and the indrawn breath.

I love to see the long stares off into space as they remember that moment. That feeling.
Of awe, of fright....of Magic.

Do they recite a story told one too many times. Monotone voice and barely a hitch to their lips...

Or do they transform.

Eyes glazed over, fingertips on lips. Remembering the feel of the first kiss. Of the fright that sat in their belly. Of their throat tight with emotion. Or the disappointment. Do lips smile? Or teeth bite at them?

Did love creep up on them? Or were they begging for it. Asking for it. Did they NEED it to go forth and smile?

 It's all beautiful to me.

Take a moment.

To remember why you are where you are. Why do you fall sleep next to the one beside you? Push away the babies and the job that stresses you out. Peel back the day to day chores. Strip away the 20 pounds you have accrued....or shed.

Until you are raw....And remember.

 The touch of their hand against your skin and they way they look when they are knee deep in laughter. Head thrown back and throat squeezing around it.

The way their lips form the words that founded your life today. Why do your hands tangle in her hair each night as you sleep. Or fuck. Or both.

See the beauty founded. And don't forget it.