Love
I’d repay your Love
with kindness and with kisses
as my currency.
I can repay your help or support the same way.
It is a type of wealth that cannot be bought but is sometimes worth more than money.
We can (of course) pay for sex or companionship, but not for true caring.
That is something that can only be given freely or earned through merit and whose value is measured in meaning and satisfaction.
How far can we go to show love to strangers?
And to our loved ones?
Do we go the distance?
Missed Connections are filled with good, bad and love-lorning-haiku. Did you write one? Did you find one? Before you open that heart-shaped box, email the link to Lovelorn Poets! We’ll preserve those dollars-and-cents-syllables for all eternity.
