Relent, for what is love made of

Friendship is the balm that binds

The meeting of two minds

Two personalities

Two lives.


But love is more

Love is the meeting of two bodies

Two passions

Two souls.

Relent and do not deprive us of love.


I walked through a thicket

And I was caressed.

It coursed through me

And warmed my heart

And I responded.

Love can do that

But, not without caresses.


October 1988