“Songs of Love Sing”
By Thomas G. Palaima
Songs of love sing
fire, ice and stone
forever together
nevermore alone
hearts call out to hearts
gently, true and sweet
birds sing joyous songs
in songs, when lovers meet
arm and arm, hand and hand,
dancing at the edge of sand,
songs sing twining laughter
and happily ever after
Songs give love
their name of love
while friends arrived
disappear like smoke
become illusions
have lots of nerve
don’t think twice
get what they deserve
but lovers do do
—songs tell of this, too—
what they do
and do it well
suns go down
over the seas
while lovers listen
to lovers’ pleas
leave lights on
don’t wonder why
love outshines
the starry sky
songs of love
make love a boat
smoke and flame
snow and rain
blinking stardust
fringes of night
heat pipes coughing
wintry light
gold that isn’t
meant to shine
weeping clouds
and silhouettes
compromise
contentment
uncertainty
resentment
Russian roulette
lands of permanent bliss
tickets thrown out windows
betrayals with a kiss
songs of love
sing all of this
but true love
tends to forget
things that happen
or haven’t yet
true love forgets
its own name
and all the rights
and all the wrongs
that singers sing of
in their songs
love is in
the look of you
and all the times
that are too few
love takes our lips
from words to kiss
and right now
my love is this
