I Bait With My Heart Poem by RIC BASTASA

'When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.'
Mark Twain (1835-1910)

since i shall fish
for love,
so i have love
as bait
not my brain
which has given
me more pain
than pleasure
the thoughts
that shy away
from the true meaning
of love
looking into the dictionary
of words
rather than deeds
because precisely
God has invented the
hug
so we may learn to
love sans
the uselessness of
words.