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teach me to love
anything goes!! tag me tho
Ended May 27, 2021 • 20 Entries • Created by 9158
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chainedinshadow

we love like sunshine

Somewhere,

between hellos and goodbyes,

your smile and my caution;

between the sheets and the floor,

your bruises and my bandaids;

between one drink and the next,

your roses and my grave;

between one day too many

and one breath not enough,

you learn to treasure the sunshine

that comes from the moon;

it is the only thing that will guide you

on nights like these.

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318724

Dear *****

Dear *****,

Conceptually you’re perfect.

Tall

Challenging

Witty

Hilarious

Thoughtful

Gorgeous

Realistically we’re too different

I like sitcoms

I play board games and read

constantly.

I know all the lyrics to Hamilton

and no other show

I spend hours on online wizard games

And I think I want to pursue a career in marine biology

but i don’t know if I have what it takes

And you,

You want to tour the world,

but you know you need a 9 to 5.

You laugh at stand up comedy.

You are outwardly judgemental of everything.

You know the names of every band,

but can’t remember what the teacher just said.

You smoke pot

and aren’t afraid of dying.

But we,

We are thinkers.

We are democrats and share ideals.

We want a more equal land and sea.

We say everything,

but won’t tell each other

we love one another.

So don’t you see

We are certainly not meant to be.

Yours until you want me,

*****

P.S. keep me in mind.

@Ernaline

So basically the point is that no one knows how to love and everyone is super confused all the time. Most of the time what we think is love is only in our heads, and we build up the object of our affection a lot. Yet, love isn't logical or realistic so if you just go with what feels right, usually you'll end up on the right path. And most importantly don't be afraid to set boundaries or leave, your decisions are your own (as is your life). In essence: live, laugh, love.

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VividHues

L.O.V.E.

Listen...

to their laughs, laments & long tales

Observe...

one and all with an open outlook

Value...

their very existence, verve & wisdom

Embrace...

every eccentricity & imperfection

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Amal_Z

Love...

Love...its a wonderful feeling

If you wish

wish to love somebody

then love the one

with your whole heart and soul

And be pure

pure in your love

Its that simple

simple the formula of love.

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Cover image for post Love Lessons:, by JesseEngel
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JesseEngel

Love Lessons:

1. Love is a Verb, it requires action.

2. Love is not a feeling, it is a lifelong commitment.

3. Love is not like tooth paste if you dislike get another brand.

4. Love will be patient till you meet someone who is like-minded and is also patient with you.

5. Love is caring and not full of pride, but willing to share their thoughts and dreams for a life together.

6. Love is enduring pain, loss holding each other up through the rough road of life together.

7. Love is to power to give everything that makes you and give it to another without regrets.

8. Love is three rings of life, Engagement ring, wedding ring and suffering together, for better or for worse, through sickness and health. Whether rich or poor, you will always be rich in heart.

9. The day of the wedding when you first kiss, then start life together, never wavering from your commitment.

10. The day you lay on your deathbed. The Lover of your Soul, a lifelong friend, with your hands, you hold together to the last breath. That love will never die.

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

(John 15:12-13)

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sophia stuff
Chapter 31 of 46
batmaninwuhan

what or how?

you need no particle accelarator,

to measure the distance, between.

here, the uncertainty principle,

is a given.

the more you know of trajectory,

the less you know of state.

the mass, or spin,

will obscure vibration,

and potential,

if there is one.

and yet probabslistic accounting,

will be a like drinking crazy glue.

all we, stupid apes, do,

is infer:

infered,

love is,

a crumpled up almond joy wrapper,

a fossil of tears shed,

and a tap on shoulder,

that you got after the funeral.

love is,

running between doctors,

for an answer.

the words on the file don’t indicate,

but the frequancy, and urgancy,

of the appointments.

love is,

regreted words that were not uttered,

resurfacing later, in stupid posts.

an analysis is not made,

by a strange reader.

love is ,

indicated by broken glasses,

the shattered chrystal, traces ,

like the elusive particle,

but not reformed again,

in whole.

love is unlove.

it is known by abscence,

or neglect,

cotton balls, and highballs,

and bills to uncaring suits.

all these, my friend,

are indications that this emotion,

exist.

even if it emits no radiation,

even if it has a brief half life,

and unknowable velocity.

now, HOW to love,

is something,

that i know not.

being just an idiot ape.

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thisisit

from the universe with love

in the realm of the universe, there exists a pocket of star dust we call our existence.

we check the boxes, surviving and optimistic.

but humans seek greater opportunities if they make it far enough to hope for them.

when desire comes it flows, not like a river but like lava erupting out of a crevice we didn't know existed.

you seek it, but it alludes you.

this is the feeling of love.

when humans press themselves together, perhaps we are hoping for a future free of loneliness, of passing on genetics.

but more than that, we need to be with someone who can live forever under our umbrella, the smallest corner of a thankless universe.

teaching someone to love is like creating fire out of rocks, we do it for warmth and necessity, for survival, but also because we are drawn to the flames.

don't take it for granted. we are a ball of dust in an infinite galaxy, only wanting to make the moments we have last forever.

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EcosophicalPage

Nod to Hypnopompia ~

Hi, I'm Kailey ~ she/they ~ Inspired author, i.e. 'prophessor' of words. Made in Indiana, USA.

I have a love lesson to give thanks to the love of my life. Here it is, in prose-poetic fashion --> Wish you well <3

* * * * * * * * * * *

After I walked away from { Then } uscathed

I was afraid

So my husband wrote a song called

{ "Fall into Then" }

And said

“How ’bout we aim for a bigger prize”

Yes.

* * * * * * * * * * *

A u t h o r ' s N o t a t i o n s ~

{ Then - link to @bykaileyann's personal essay describing the 'then' in question - https://theprose.com/post/422997/what-are-you-going-to-do-with-that }

{ "Fall Into Then" - link to @vultress's progressive rock/art rock album, Hypnopompia, track 4 "Fall into Then" - https://vultress.bandcamp.com/track/fall-into-then }

-----

@bykaileyann

HEDERAREADS.COM

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Azimuth

To Risk Love

If I never took a risk

There'd be no jagged scars

Furrowed on this mortal soul

Nor engraved upon my heart

If I never took a risk

No scars would map the places

Of battles lost and won

No trophies for those races

If I never took a risk

There'd be no gaping place

Chiseled from my heart

Carving out for you a space

But since I took that risk

The wounds of risk have healed

Sealing you inside of me

In those empty places that you've filled

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poetrybyren

teach me to love

like you do

as careless as a butterfly’s flight is

as reckless as the world can be

teach me to love

like I’m breathing

to not feel like being in love

means everything

and like the worst day that’ll come

will be the day I lose it

teach me to stop thinking

about when I’ll lose it

and to enjoy it stopped by

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