No Death in Love

No Death in Love
By Quizmo LaGrande

Why can’t it be you
Who is jolted by my touch
As I by yours?

Why, though my heart knows the truth,
Must I smile in agony,
Smile down-hearted,
Smile so hurt
At love that cannot be?

Why must I miss you so much
Today, far more than yesterday?
Why must I, each evening, pray
No longing tomorrow?

Lover, why
Do you wish not to lose me,
Yet, run so far away?

I smile and understand
That death in life,
Death in love,
Is never final but ever
Lingering,
Changing,
Unfolding us into new light,
New love,
Better love.

No death in life…
No death in love.