Elements of Love (that you ignore)

Why won't you talk to me?

We might have some chemistry

But if you never talk to me

Then how will we ever see?

We text, but in case you forgot

Sometimes words are cheap

Whether you believe it or not

I might just be the one you seek.

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But love is more than words

It is touch and sight as well,

So if you won’t you talk to me?

Then it is time to say farewell.

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Look into my eyes

What do you see?

There can be no disguise

It’s my heart that you can see

Surely there is no surprise

Or do you disagree

If you never look into my eyes

There will be nothing for you to see

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But love is more than words

It is touch and sight as well,

So if you won’t you look at me?

Then it is time to say farewell.

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Take your hand place it with mine

Together we could have been one

You didn’t even see the sign

Of what could have begun

Instead, you sent words every time

True loving feelings, I saw none,

It could have been divine

I’m left with nothing, not a single one

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Love is more than words

It is touch and sight as well,

No talk, no touch, just texting me?

Then it is time to say farewell.

🥀🥀🥀🥀

[Author's note: A series of three octet stanzas separated by a repeating quatrain interlude. The poem reflects the frustration these days where dating is (initially) all about texting rather than the other elements of falling in love - talking, looking and touching.]

Till next time,

Calvin