When Love Comes Knocking Poem by Brian Routh

when love comes knocking at my door
I open the door and let it in
I welcome it
I offer it refuge
I give it my all
I offer it my soul
My thirst is quenched by it
My life is revived by it and it digs deeper and deeper into my heart.
The longing begins
The pain begins as well as the bliss and joy.
I want to run and hide from it.
I want to shrink from it and lose myself in some distraction
for fear that it will destroy my mind.
And yet I am hooked by it and I cannot move.
The sheer joy and wonder of it has lifted me up and freed me from the prison of my self
I must face it and embrace it no matter what
No matter what.
Even though at times it is a hardship.
Even though we bump into one another in clumsiness. and awkwardness at times.
Even though our anger and irritability surfaces and we hurt each other.
We are deep in this feeling and experience.
We are so close now.
We cannot tear ourselves away from each other
Because the good things are many and we are in this great love together now and forever.