Windswept
ahhhhhhhh
the idea
of love
that Empire State
feeling
what a body
will do
fer it
love can
drive you mad
like the Mad
Hatter
in Wonderland
like Jack in Titanic
like Francesca
in Bridges
like Love Actually
like Mieke and Brandt
in The Exception
like Frank Farmer and Rachel Marron
in The Bodyguard
like Whitney Houston
like Cher
like Queen Bey
like Elizabeth Taylor
like Taylor Swift
like Britney Spears
“Baby One More Time”
like Pamela Anderson
like Maria Shriver
like Tina Turner
like Shania
like Mariah
like Molly and Frank
in Falling in Love
in Karen and Denys
in Out of Africa
like Father Ralph and Meggie
in The Thornbirds
like Edmond Dantes
in The Count of Monte Cristo
like Andy Dufresne
in Shawshank Redemption
like Michael
in The Reader
like Connie & Paul
in Unfaithful
like David and Diana
in Indecent Proposal
like Shelby in Steel Magnolias
like Noah & Allie
in The Notebook
like Mr. Darcy & Elizabeth
in Pride & Prejudice
like Frances
in Under the Tuscan Sun
like Somewhere in Time
like Past Lives
like Romeo & Juliet
like Pip in Great Expectations
like Arthur & Morgan
in The Road to Avalon
like Angela Nikolau
at the tippity top
of New York City
with the wind in her hair
and the sun
at her back
blinded by bling
willing to fall
fer it
…
fer dat
free-fall-feeling
of
l
o
v
e
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