Love

You do not know what love is, my
Guru said to us all
These words
Did not sit well
I thought I had given up
Everything
What do I know?—
Desire for a woman
A child
A man
Desire for silence
For calm
Always desire
Always the waves come
Always the taste
The fire that life is—
I thought this was love.

     

Copyright 2011 Arya F. Jenkins