What Could Be Greater? Poem by Denis Martindale

Lovers look up at the stars,
See the Universe dancing across the sky,
Perhaps a shooting star
And though humbled by the majesty of it all,
Seek to aspire to greatness here on Earth...
And what could be greater than love and falling in love?
We're never more alive than when first in love,
With thrills streaming through our hearts,
Fantasies flooding our sleeping thoughts,
Rehearsing things to say to that special one,
Hoping things will work out for us,
Dreams coming true here and here...

A few presents given back and forth,
A few delicate caresses no longer disguised,
The outspoken holding of hands,
First kiss, second kiss, utter bliss...
Then others finding out and saying,
'Someone's in luh-uvv...'
The too-late-to-back-out-now scenario,
The serious looks when it's become so real,
The sudden half-based proposal,
The one that's still accepted with a kiss...
Tell me, what could be greater,
What could be greater,
What could be greater than this?


Denis Martindale, copyright, October 2013.