Poetry - Love Calls

Love Calls

Love calls me to come outside,

Leaving the comfort zone of myself,
And the protective fortress behind.

To discover your needs before my own;
To find my fulfillment lies hidden
In the exchange of I for Us.

Love calls and I answer tentatively

Treading on uncertain ground;
Testing its ability to bear
The weight of my heart and expectations

Fear of falling,
Causing me to love gingerly.

Holding my breath, I take a chance
On losing myself in you.

Pleasantly surprised to find,
You so generous with your tenderness

Your secret places.
Putting your trust in my hands.

I stand ashamed of all
I still withhold from you,

And. I am challenged to forsake
Everything that I consider safe.

Love calls and my yearning races

Ahead of my suspicious will.
Throwing caution to the wind

I release all that I am.
Only to find that I've lost nothing

And found everything in the discovery that the real comfort zone
is in your arms

- Unknown Author