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Losing a Word

A Short Meditation

By Patrick M. OhanaPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
Image by Marquitta Spagnolo (CC0) on Pixy

Losing a word is like losing someone

Except that a word can be replaced

Whereas someone usually cannot

Is there a word that cannot be replaced

in any language or dialect

I propose the word love

Imagine life without it

I like you

I like you very much

I adore you

I more than that you

I’m in something with you

There’s a word missing

How about using crave

I crave you

It’s awful

I’m smitten with you

It’s not enough

I’m besotted with you

Oh my God

I cherish you

Come on

I worship you

It’s better but no

I idolize you

Same thing

I treasure you

You and everyone else

I prize you

How much am I worth

You see

There’s a word missing

I’d feel like I’ve lost someone

if I could’t use and mean

the word love

love poems

About the Creator

Patrick M. Ohana

A medical writer who reads and writes fiction and some nonfiction, although the latter may appear at times like the former. Most of my pieces (over 2,200) are or will be available on Shakespeare's Shoes.

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