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I Never Fell (In Love)
With you,
I never fell in love -
I never tripped
and tumbled.
I never slipped
from push or shove -
forever stripped
and humbled.
I never flipped
from peels of fruit -
as if by script
I stumbled
Or ever felt
my balance skew
as Earth had ripped
and rumbled.
I walked in love
feet after feet
like birds
above a rope.
I never rode
a downward street
but swerved
an upward slope
And every step
my shoes complete
leave prints
of hinting hope.
My love for you
is sound and sweet
yet free
from every trope
For love is not
a single wave
that swallows soul
at once
But love is all
the drops of rain
that fall at hold
of tongue
And love will soak
like changing days -
it bends
you one by one
(You never hope
to turn away
to when
the love was young)
And love is not
the first of sight
but endless sights
of seeing
And love is not
to be or been -
but active state
of being
Nor is it
a place or space
or thought or thing
or feeling -
Love is call
of all at once -
I feel
its every beating
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Erin R. is a teenage LGBT author - as young as she is talented. Since the age of 10, her work astounded others with its maturity, eloquence, and uniqueness.