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Love Is and Is Not

11/17/84 Leave a Comment

Love…

is not something to be experienced
and with one encounter fully understood.

Love…

is not something to be learned in this course of life
for which we receive a pass/fail grade.

Love…

is something to be felt and shared
so that we may understand and learn together.

© 1984

Filed Under: Love, Poetry

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