Heart - to - Heart

Infatuation is instant desire
‘Tis one set of glands calling to another.
Love: friendship that has caught fire
Takes root and grows – one day at a time. 


Infatuation has the mark of insecurity
Excitement eagerness, no genuine happiness
Nagging doubts, unanswered questions
Little bits and pieces of your victim
Would just as soon not examine closely

It might spoil the dream. 


Love uses two lenses to focus
On the imperfect: close or far;
Quiet understanding and mature acceptance.
‘Tis real, giving strength and it
Grows beyond you – to bolster your beloved.
You are warmed by HER presence
Even when HE is away
For distance is not a question.


Infatuation says:
We must marry right away for
I cannot risk losing HER.
‘Be patient,’ Love says
Do not panic for HE is yours:
You both should plan your future –
With confidence.


Sexual excitement, the best pal
Of infatuation, may not be honest
To admit that you cannot enjoy
Your victim’s company except
It ends in unholy intimacy.
Love: the maturation of friendship
Friends first before being lovers. 


Infatuation lacks confidence but prefers
Unfaithfulness, and places the victim in check.
Trust, another name for love: you are
Calm secure and unthreatened
The beloved feels that trust
And becomes even more trustworthy. 


Infatuation can take you places, and
Finally, maybe on the path of regret
But love never will – it makes you look up
It makes you think up, making you
A better person today than you were yesterday.