Love An Immemorial Gift Poem by Bernedita Rosinha Pinto

LOVE BY A KISS TOLD
LOVE BY WORDS RE-ASSURED
LOVE AN ANCIENT GAME RE-PLAYED;
WHO MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT
LOVE WAS SO MEDIEVAL, SO HISTORICAL.
LOVE ALONE KNOWS HOW MUCH IT NEEDS
THE LOVE OF ANOTHER
TO RECLINE UPON AND RE-SHAPE
TOGETHERNESS OR BETRAYAL;
AS LOVERS AGES AGO DID THE SAME THINGS
LOVERS TODAY ARE REPLICAS
OF THE SAME IMAGES OF LOVE
AS MANY SAMSONS, MANY DELILAHS
MANY ROMEOS, MANY JULIETS
ALL UPON THE SAME CIRCLE ROTATE
UPON THE SAME DRAMA REVOLVE
AS THE SAGA OF LOVE RISES WITH EVERY EPISODE
OF INVOLVEMENT AND PASSION;
YET LOVE HAS ITS OWN TASTE
LOVE HAS ITS OWN REACTION
LOVE HAS ITS OWN FULFILLMENT
LOVE IS ENDLESS
THOUGH LOVE IS REPETITION
OF THOSE ACTS AND ACTIONS
WHICH LOVERS OF THE PAST HAVE ADOPTED
AND NEVER DISCARDED!
LOVE IS NOT DIFFERENT
LOVE IS THE SAME FRUIT
BUT OF A DISTINCT FLAVOUR
TO EVERYONE WHO CHOOSES
TO DEVOUR IT;
LOVE IS ANCIENT
LOVERS ARE DIFFERENT
THE ART AND ARTISTS ARE DIFFERENT
BUT THE STORY OF LOVE
BEGINS ON ONE CARD OF UNITY-
THE UNITY OF TWO DIFFERENT HEARTS
WHICH LIKE ONE CHURCH BELL
UPON A TOWER KEEPS WATCHING
ACCEPTING LOVERS MAKING PROMISES
SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL;
YES LOVE BELONGS TO YESTERDAY,
TODAY AND TOMORROW FOREVER.