All around and nowhere

love
is all around us
bubbling
fizzing
causing a fuss

it
can be loud
and open
passion muffling reason

or
it can be silent
secret
buried deep inside an echoing cave
where no-one can hear its cries

sometimes
love is shared
between two people
bound together
but other times
love is lonely
desperate
longing to be heard
and the loved
doesn't see
beyond the lover's calm visage
doesn't see
the joy
the sorrow
behind their shining eyes.

2006