This is the first poem I have written for a long time. I am very happy that this space exists and hope you will welcome me in. I am certainly enjoying reading through the poems posted here. Thanks
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This is not love

A smile, long silence -
A shared comfortable space of quiet.
A soft reassuring touch of hand on arm
Or back or thigh.
A sigh.
Content.

This is not love

Secret words exchanged and understood
In a private split-second look
Laughter lust trust questions answers
fears comfort hope faith promise promises
joy joy
joy

This is not love

The heart flutters as the eye,
Unseen, unknown,
Traces the shape of a brow,
A jaw, a shoulder, any part,
With fragile trembling tenderness

This is not love