I stirred out of a drop and a dot, because of Love…

I grew up touching and chewing everything, because of Love…

I cried when mom was gone, because of Love…

I was a ball of joy when Dad was home, because of Love…< p>

I started to read, good and bad and everything in between, because of Love…

I started to squint at the Sun and marvel at the Moon, because of Love…

I left the city where I was born, because of Love…

I rode on buses, ships and planes, been ‘round and ‘round, because of Love…

I had flats, apartments and brick homes, because of Love…

I looked at women and wrote them poems, because of Love…

I learned Calculus and spent hours on Prime Numbers, because of Love…

I played guitar flute violin and a blade of fresh grass, because of Love…

I watched movies with gangsters, kings and fairies, because of Love…

I learned a lot and forgot even more, because of Love…

I got angry shouted at people, then all the regret, because of Love…

I got hot and nasty, then mild, charming and sweet, because of Love…

I was healthy and loved to run and gorge on oxygen, because of Love…

I was sick and watched the white walls and nurses in white, because of Love…

I wrote words to heal, words of courage and words to honor, because of Love…

I held my tongue and my hands and my eyes, because of Love…

I looked at my neighbors and friends and cried for their woes, because of Love…

I visited many churches synagogues and mosques, because of Love…

I found peace and mercy where I looked for hate, because of Love…

I shortchanged my self but put a smile on a face, because of Love…

I got weak and sick knowing it was my time, because of Love…

I died and six people cried, one had a heart attack, because of Love…

Then I felt the fragrance, the touch on my shoulder, because of Love…

I turned and saw myself as a rose in a fire, because of Love…

Then I got it!

Life is a game to see who’ll burn, churn and be gone first in Love…