When you love

When you fall in love

your eyes see the world around you

brightened with the Christmas lights,

filled with hope, all things good.

Dreams are in waiting all the time.

When in love, the cacophony of traffic

the roar of engines breaking your sleep

alarm clock going off in odd hours

or thunders breaking the dawn;

None of those are annoying at all.

When love opens your heart’s door

angel wings descent with peace

a kind that is beyond words to describe

and yet

the fear of losing love makes the heart tremble

with every kiss.

Vulnerability is the other name of love.

Tulip Chowdhury writes from North Carolina, USA.