Saturday, June 26, 2010

To Love Her


If you want her,
open your ears
in place of your heart

if you want to know her,
open your mind
discounting life's affections

if you long to keep her,
bring with you empathy
forgetting all frivolousness

only in this manner
will you fully know
what it is

to love her.

30 comments:

  1. Very well said, a reminder to all of us about love!

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  2. :)
    exactly that I can tell to him

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  3. Hi Kay :) Ahhh, I've been away so long. Your poem is beautiful! Did you publish a book while I've been away? Good for you!!! #1 Poet :) How exciting!!!!
    Hugs to You :)
    xox
    Kelly

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  4. In all those conditions, you protrayed a unique "her" to us. THis,I think, is pretty smart and needless to saym beautiful.

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  5. i just love the open your ears instead of your heart. real life stuff here, told with beauty.

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  6. well said,HER is within us,one face of the million ones we try to hide,loved reading it Kay..:)

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  7. Kay! Shhhh! Don't give away our secrets. What are you thinnnnnnnnkinnnnnng? LOL

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  8. Should we each come with an instruction manual, or is it better to teach along the way, to be revealed, layer by layer within another? A little bit of both would be nice.

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  9. oh....how lovely :)
    n wat an awesome pic 2 convey d emotions :)

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  10. Said in such a lovely manner. A lovely post kay!

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  11. Timeless wisdom, here. And so beautifully expressed...

    Nevine

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  12. How easy it is to fall in love with a woman, don't you think?!

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  13. yeah, that a good kinda love...listening is a lost art...and too many forget this kinda love once they have landed the girl...

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  14. To love is to know what the other needs

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  15. How very beautiful; I love it; Hugs to you from France;

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  16. bring with you empathy

    That's the secret, I'm sure! :)

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  17. Difficult to get philosophical and stay poetic, but you've pulled it off excellently. Well done.

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  18. I am going to stick that on my forehead when I go home tonight ;0)

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  19. Beautiful, beautiful. There is no prescribed perfect way to love someone, but instead it takes time to understand how to love and truly appreciate that special someone. Beautiful Kay.

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  20. but you have been ignorant of me always... and I kept loving you..

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  21. What can be a better mirror than love....

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  22. I need a To Love Him manual :).My boyfriend is fabulous, it is me who is puzzled :)!!

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  23. Powerful Kay. Thank you for sharing. Blessings.

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  24. LUV it Kay~
    empathy goes a long way in any relationship!

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  25. Absolutely very well written...loving will win u everything :)!! loved your post

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  26. I stopped on his blog.
    Its very beautiful post.
    Express the sensitivity of our soul,
    expressed in poetic form ... but, tied to our current reality.

    Congratulations for your blog.

    For this post, I can say,
    I recognize the girl....in that picture ..

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  27. This is a beautiful and deep piece...love requires so much more than what is on the outside. Your poem certainly echoes the sentiment of the inner being. Nicely written.

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