Poetry Reading – “Love Without Fear”

This piece really struck me now, to look back at the glimmers of the understanding of love I am seeking now, whether I really understood what I was talking about or not.

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The original piece is below for reference, and can be found in its entirety at https://objectsanddistance.com/2018/02/12/love-without-fear/

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Of what worth
Is this life
This world
If I am to be made afraid
Of Love
Of the pursuit
Of a lasting connection
With another?

My heart trembles
And my voice wavers
I wake from restless nights
And find only the shadows
And the pale moonlight

What good am I
If I gave my all
And still
You were unable to love me?

And now
I long for you
For anyone
I have become
Less discerning

At the same time
I still seek just one
I do not want to play
To be that type of man
That does not interest me

I find myself bound
By a new set of rules
That find love guilty
And me as an accomplice
I do not understand

I just want to love
Without fear.