Love

love is the wind
who kisses autumn leaves,
mates with the bamboo,
and holds the ocean
as she heaves.

love is the fire
who sets aflame all forms,
the light of passion
born on a dark night,
trust in a new dawn.

love is the water
who flows through
a fisted hand,
sacred dew for a parched throat,
tears of longing, waves of calm.

love is the elusive ether
who whispers to your soul,
the soothing music
of riveting silence,
the endless black hole.

love is the terra firma
who gives you wings to rise and fly,
the warm hearth to rest your weary form,
the dark womb that nurtures
new seeds of endless love.