Who Owns Love

Written the evening of the Pulse Massacre 6/12/2016

Are ‘two men’ kissing a cause for death?

Should we be judging their emotion with disrespectful dread?

Do they deserve a ‘black cloud’ above their head?

We learn so early in life that ‘kissing is for love’

Is that true of some but not everyone?

Who owns love, I ask myself today?

As we face the death of young women and men

Loving each other in an innocent way?

 

How twisted we can become

If our rigidity is not overcome.

Our world becomes ‘black and white’

Denying grey areas where life feels most right.

 

This ‘day of darkness’ should remind us to be awakened

To love’s demands that cannot be forsaken.

…Love who you will!

…Love when you can!

…Love, come to everyone so life can expand.

 

Love can’t be owned, you see…

It’s the heart and soul of humanity

It’s the symphony that brings us together

…Lifting us above the stars we see

Bringing us closer to our destiny.  

 

Reviews

[Victory H. Izevbekhai]

I love this piece. It's awesome. especially that part "love who you will, love when you can, love come to everyone so life can expand