If I Ever Love Again Poem by Arthor Journer

From mind to heart is how it all began
From the heart to the soul if I ever love again
Nights of heated passion and empty morns
Days of frustration and fights being the norm
Unanswered pleas and vacant appreciation
Blank stares combined with muted nagging conversation
House torn down by words flying like arrows.
Put downs and knives digging deep into the bone’s marrow
Lust in the heart an invitation to commit sin
Love from the start if I ever love again
Nights of meeting soul to soul drunk from bliss
Staggering through each other’s heart without a touch or a kiss
Days of holding hands and talks of the fields of tomorrow
A wink of the eye enough too calm any pain or sorrow
Words of love fill the air, kindness overflows our cups
Gratitude, and judgments fare a world pregnant with love
From acquaintance to test tried and true friend
From the past lessons I will operate if I ever love again.