Love is...

Love is rare,
Love is precious,
Love is...

Love isn't free.
The best things are free.
Love must not be the best thing.
The payment of my heart is proof.
Love is the most expensive thing.

Love isn't easy.
I wish it were so.
Love takes work.
Why does it have to?
Should it?

Love is sleepless nights.
Love is racing hearts.
Love is sweaty palms.
Love is stuttering words.
Love is tears.

Love flows down my cheeks.
As tears from my soul.
Soothing my burning heart.
Caused by empty pain.
Slowly fading away now.

Love just left.
Went away.
Disappeared.
Vanished.
Abandoned.

Another is on the horizon.
Do I walk towards it?
Am I ready for it again?
Can I handle the pain?
Will there be pain?

Its walking towards me.
Straight at me like a train.
I can't avoid it.
I don't think I want to.
I want to live.