Is This Love? Poem by Jo Elliott

Step 1 is where the feelings grow

just how far you come to know.

Step 2 you act upon this time

and all appears just fine.


Step 3 is time for routine love,

it's here things fit just like glove.

Finding things out,

talking lots,

accepting all the stains and blots.


Then step 4 will come along,

this is where things can go wrong.

The urgency has begun to wane

there may be nothing left to gain.


You may hold back and talk is lack

be careful because it can come right back.

Complacency can rear negative thoughts

and make your lives feel out of sorts.


Here's the time you should be aware

that you no longer feel the need to share

each waking moment filling in

the things that make you laugh and grin.


This is where step 5 will start if you make the room within your heart.

It's where the two become the one

and your path together has just begun.


Thank you for reading 💖