When Love Happens Poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar

When love happens it happens!
Avoiding it is often,
Too late lamented.
After it has gone to be sent,
Away.
Leaving those sentiments,
Left stronger to reminisce...
Each time they are felt.
And come unexpectedly,
To pay unwelcomed visits.
Awakening the foolishness,
Of the one who had refused...
Being thought of as a fool.

Give it to me,
Your love I recognize needed.
And more with this realized,
Only you to me can feed it.
Warm to sizzle,
Until my heart heats.
I admit to being the fool.
I admit I tried,
To myself to have lied.

Give it to me.
Since I have grown,
To accept and dismiss...
Wishing to receive your love,
But sending signals mixed.
Alone I sigh.
And thought love for me,
Was a hopeless wish to get.
To deny my eyes you opened,
Wide.
Running to hide,
From a perfect fit.

When love happens it happens!
Searching for preferences,
Only hurts.

When love happens it happens!
There are no laws or rules,
To obey.
Can you forgive me thinking,
Love was that way.

When love happens it happens!
Is my confessing,
Too late expressed?
Can we get back together,
To reconnect?
Knowing I have long abandoned,
Foolishness.