Love Comes Unexpectedly

Music: Prelude and Fugue in C Minor. By J. S. Bach. Sequenced by Dean Lampe.

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Love comes unexpectedly, An arrow to the heart, But stays only reluctantly Through patience, will, and art. The full-length version of the story Has both joy and pain, Boredom, lust, betrayal, glory, Anger, comfort, shame. It ends in grief, inevitably, Through death or separation, The harshness of the agony As strong as the relation. So why, then, love? And why persist In love long after passion Has gone its way? And why resist An urge one need not ration? The answer is in something more Than fantasy and pleasure -- A passion passion never saw, A hunger beyond measure; A longing for the One in one One longs for all one's life, And is, and has, and will become In time as man and wife. If you liked this poem, vote for it on Yahoo Buzz by clicking on the icon below.