By Gary N. Boone 
Submitted By Julian
Date: 23 September 1998

Do I?

   Do I believe in love at first sight? 
Forgive the laugh, but the
question is so naive ! 
   Youthful fancies hardly
   encompass the complexities 
   of mature relationships. 
         True, you are quite
         beautiful, but one cannot 
         know true inner at first
         glance.
It's much deeper 
and takes time to be
revealed. 
    Your skin is perhaps softer
    than the flowing foam of 
    some gently murmuring
    distant shore, but what of
         it? 
That's not love. 
         I do notice that your hands
         are more graceful than a 
         ballet of swaying boughs
         and your laughter a dance
         of dappled sunlight. 
    And in your eyes, Beauty
    laughs and sings 
    and calls my name. 
    Trust with Caution
    pleads.
         Cooing Passion
         intervenes, and Grace
         extends her open arms, 
         and I surrender silently. 

But love at first sight?
   How can it be?