FALLING IN LOVE WITH FALLEN LOVE

I searched for love but got lost in my thoughts,

I sought invisible hearts that have wandered off far.

I have fallen in love with fallen love.

When I gasp for air I ask the trees above my hair,

Don’t you care, my lungs to spare?

When my throat needs rain I see the clouds,

But see not that heavenly drop.

I wish I could see a glass half full,

But my cup is empty whilst others have plenty!

My embarking heart, in quest of its counterpart,

Has furrowed a hole right through my soul.

And when it returns, to its lifeless sojourn

My hunger hurts with thirst much worse than before.

Cyclical, cynical, critical pain,

When all I wanted was just a little rain!

I searched for love but found that I was lost,

In a hostile thought that love was to find,

When it was given, humble and kind.