Love Commands Poem by Bernedita Rosinha Pinto

Never think I loved you less
in all the years of togetherness,
if ever there was a moment
I could set my mind free
of pondering over you,
how much peaceful would I not be,
how much care would I not take
to engage myself in my own vivacity.
But you came like a canoe knocking on the river bank
seeking my comfort, altering my peace,
that every bit of air I breathed then
was entangled with your thoughts
whether you are troubled by my absence
or whether you are confronted by loneliness;
love is such a torrid blatant anxiety
it engages the rhythm of life to change
just like two dancers doing a tango to enhance the melody.
And like the dew drops seeking comfort on flower petals
love awaits for lovers to anchor their hearts on the shores of time
by seeking harmony in togetherness and in each other’s arms;
so how could I ever love you less
as in every moment of time and reality
when your heart gave the command to love
without hearing it speak, shout or yell
my heart obeyed and responded back
without restraint or refrain…
never allowing me to love you less.