What does Love Look Like to You?

lanzarote, 2012

What does love look like to you?

Does it have the gentle

Smile on an old face

As eyes come alive at the sight of a child?

What does love look like to you?

Is it shiny and new and

Made of plastic

Or dull and drastic?

Does it include children,

the stale smell of

soup kitchens

or the sight of a

youth

giving his seat up

to someone older?

Is it the sight of old ladies

with lines of happiness traversing

faces, lines

That no longer know their resting place

that map out,

adventures and sorrows?

What does life look like to you?

Does it look like an old,

White headed Black man

Who has submitted

To the capriciousness of life

And thus ensuring victory and

Eternity?

What does life look like

To you?

Is it fluorescent lit

and can fit into your pocket?

What does life smell like to you?

The stale smell of yesterday’s

Used grease

Or the pure escape of

Lavender into the air?

What does love

Feel like to you?

Is it the feel of

your heart beating

gently within

or the soft

skin of your

son

accidently brushing

your arm as

he sleeps?