What Does True Love Mean To You. Poem by Shirley Harrison

It is true we all speak of love

but is it just a few

who really get to experienced it

for themselves?

I'm going to ask you

have you ever experienced it?

what is it to you?

Is it moonlight walks on a summers eve?

Is it taking a boat ride next to the Eiffel tower?

walking on a white sandy beach, holding hands

while the shore kisses your feet?

Is it when you know for sure

that the person you love is always on your side no matter what

whatever the situation?

a kiss under a coconut tree

or under a rainbow?

Is love, standing with the most magnificent sunset

you could ever wish to see?



but what if it's not like that at all?



What if love's like this?



when everything around you goes to shit

loved ones have cancer?

mortgage payments waiting?

even buying fruit is a challenge?

due to economic conditions

nothing to look forward to

except the hope the electric doesn't run out at home?

Or your house actually burns down to a cinder?

the rain dances creating a hole in your roof

which would mean you would be sleeping in the rain



in my humble opinion

the latter part of my words

are what makes true love

everyone should always hold onto

because love is a challenge

that should be taken

and every punch in the heart

brings you closer to your soulmate

even if you doubt it yourself

that person who stays next to you, regardless of the storm

the weather the atmosphere the outcome

is the one who loves you

because nothing is guaranteed

that's down to fate

we all have different ideas

of what those things mean to us



so I ask you once more...

what does love mean to you?