My Three Loves

Love
they say that
it is greater

than
faith and
hope
I don't know

I'm not a scholar
or even
somebody who
is good
with their
emotions

I can't say
anything
about love
in a factual way

just what is
love anyway

to be captured
when I least
wanted to love
or to be loved

not really caring
about anybody
much less
about what
they are
feeling inside

however
three key times
in my life
three beautiful
ladies invited me
to love them
and I did with
all of my heart

of God
each one was different
and yet each one
attracted me
like a candle
attracts a moth

with a flame
of new hope
that somebody
out there likes
me well enough
to give me
their hearts
to put up
with me and
my changeable moods

they gave me faith
to continue to live
no matter what
the odds against me

because they
believed in me
seeing the hidden
knight wearing
shining armor
that nobody else
seemed to see

seeing the diamond
in a very rough
body and life

three girls
each loved me
and I loved them
with all of my heart

and each now walks
inside my soul
in sacred memories

my loves
my ladies
the foundation of all
that I will ever become
in some intricate dance
of pleasure and pain

Melody
the Angel of my Morning
a bright shining star
with glorious red hair
who first unlocked
a frozen heart

Donna
the Anchor
my safe harbor
when the storms
of my life rage

when the wind
of change blows
with hurricane force
Donna stabilizes me
no matter what it takes

even when she
doesn't know just
what is going on

she was my first love
now she is my current love
the only girlfriend
that I need in my life

Donna took me back
after a long silence
of at least
fourteen years

I met her
and Melody
at the same time

I first went with
Melody then
Donna then
Melody for
three years then
no one for 
twelve years

until I met 
Patricia
the Lady of the Shadows
who took me
places no one
else could
and introduced
me to a 
whole new world

one that
only a few
survives

she opened up all
my senses and
filled my nights
with delights

giving me her
body and soul

perfection I found
inside of her soul
enticing my soul
to join with hers

creating a perfect
love and perhaps
forging a miracle
in the bargain

until a choice
demanded by the gods
seperated us one
night and an age 
passed with a 
promise of spring

but the gods blessed me
and led me
back to Donna

she needs me
as I need her
and love blooms
better this time around

the three loves
in my life

I'm a richer man
for loving them

but please tell me
what is love

Paul Vernon Deffendall
May 15, 2001

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