upside down….

Upside down

and backwards

love is –

upside down

and backwards

mixed up with

all the mystery

of misunderstanding

incomprehension

apprehension

tension in the moment

love is –

upside down

and bass ackwards

truly –

stumbling sometimes

to find

the firm footing

once heart felt.

Love is –

challenging

worthwhile,

no doubt

a marathon –

or iron man

at times

and those times –

the whole body aches

to quit –

when only

a wee small voice

some tiny whispering

voice says “stay”

“run on” –

fight the fight”

and somehow –

in that

last mile –

pain of pains

step by step

one crosses

the finish line.

And

no matter first

or last

one completes

the journey

learning it is

the journey

that makes us

who we are

not the place

we take

at the end

and upside down

or backwards

love is –

always worth

that extra effort.

And so –

upside down

and backwards

as love sometimes is

we go on

to find that glorious finish

that takes us back

to where we started from

that first kiss – that first glance

that love is.

J.E. Dorsey -  for L.D. on her birthday – 03.20.13 – And here is to keeping the door closed during the baby’s bath to keep the heat inside.

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