Love? Poem by Michael Ernst

Excuse me. Can you help me?
I have a few questions. Do you have a minute?

What is love?
Is it felt or imagined?
Real or illusion?

Can it be held, or does it hold you?
Is it created or found?
Heal you, or harm you?

Will it bring rapturous joy?
Or unbearable pain?

Must it be learned, or do we learn from it?
Is it always lost?
Or does it just sometimes get misplaced?

What's that you say? YES.
That's it just..'Yes'
I thought there would be more to it.
No, I don't understand!
But thanks for your time..

(2012)