Is a contradiction,<\/p>\n
An ability of being human.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The work of true love<\/p>\n
Is never conflict-free.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Flawed and full of fears,<\/p>\n
Foolish conduct occurs<\/p>\n
With attempts to lather in lotion.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Yet a unique bond forms<\/p>\n
With a protective role,<\/p>\n
Despite the stubbornness and<\/p>\n
Creases within a fatigued face.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Activating a highly difficult balance<\/p>\n
And delicate dance<\/p>\n
Between a version of loony and lofty love.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
No normal patterns,<\/p>\n
As we twirl to our tune of Loony Love<\/em>, daily.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Learning to love can be demanding.<\/p>\n Frustration occurs.<\/p>\n Annoying habits, hard to ignore.<\/p>\n Finding a friend for life, eventually follows.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Truth is, loving can create acceptance.<\/p>\n An exposure,<\/p>\n Re-examining the view of self-love,<\/p>\n An improvement involving the singular versus the shared.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Loony Love<\/em> is a gamble.<\/p>\n Desired outcome, unpredictable.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Two flawed individuals, injured and misplaced.<\/p>\n Finding hope in common and contrasting storylines.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Delving into complexities,<\/p>\n Negotiating differences intelligently,<\/p>\n Teaching and finding the best version of each other,<\/p>\n A lifetime project of betterment.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Loony Love<\/em> is not for the feeble of heart.<\/p>\n It challenges our core.<\/p>\n Igniting emotions, aggravating and possibly annoying.<\/p>\n Enduring our own and our partner\u2019s weaknesses,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Building better behaviors.<\/p>\n Fewer blame games.<\/p>\n Dissolving sullenly silent times.<\/p>\n Each taking responsibility for missteps.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Disengagement is dangerous.<\/p>\n Going bonkers is typical.<\/p>\n Putting the puzzle pieces back, together.<\/p>\n Building better behaviors.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Yes, this is Loony Love<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A spinning of two hearts.<\/p>\n Tired and twisted.<\/p>\n Often times, out of control.<\/p>\n Waiting and wanting to be wooed.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Similar to spun sugar,<\/p>\n Delicate to touch,<\/p>\n Delicious to taste,<\/p>\n Easy to scald.<\/p>\n Crafting a stunning web of glossy saccharine strands,<\/p>\n Yet, taking years of practice and perseverance to master.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Celebrate crazy.<\/p>\n Complex layer by layer,<\/p>\n Succumb to madness.<\/p>\n There is no normal in love.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Discovering splendor in calamity,<\/p>\n Cultivating chaos and control,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In everyday life.<\/p>\n Always together,<\/p>\n Despite the drama.<\/p>\n Tilting toward antipathy, then tipping back to empathy,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I feel saner and happier<\/p>\n By reexamining my very view of love.<\/p>\n Realizing the real work of love is not in the falling,<\/p>\n But in what comes after,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Love is in the little things.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Unless it\u2019s mad, passionate and extraordinary,<\/p>\n With mutual weirdness, it\u2019s a waste of your time.<\/p>\n There must be, must be Loony Love<\/em><\/p>\n For it to be long-lasting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a9 February 2017 Shannon Hogan Cohen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Is a contradiction, An ability of being human. The work of true love Is never conflict-free. Flawed and full of fears, Foolish conduct occurs With attempts to lather in lotion. Yet a unique bond forms With a protective role, Despite the stubbornness and Creases within a fatigued face. Activating a highly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,8,15,4,32,12,29,7,27,5,35,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-critical-thinking","category-foodforthought","category-hope-love","category-inspire","category-living","category-love","category-personal-contemplation","category-poetry","category-reflection","category-self","category-valentines-day","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions\/307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolificpreambles.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}