love and truth

love is not a contract
not a ring

love is not a set of conditions
not ‘if’

love is not a transaction,
is not concerned with selling yourself long or short -
self-love is;
love is not adoration;
love is or is not

love is receiving,
love is giving a stand -
it is a kind of truth
but more elemental, more precious

truth is a cloudscape, seeping into nothing,
blowing out of nothing, flowing,
swerving, diving;
like Schrodinger’s uncomprehending cat,
truth is, and is not.

True, love fades and burns brighter,
but when love hurts, it
does not hurt back;
love is not secretive,
love is not disloyal

You can find truth
- love, you learn.

Love is not peace,
love is not the holy ghost,
love is or is not