Be in Love
I feel as though the whole world
should be in love, constantly.
We should all be falling in and out
of love, breaking people’s hearts
and waiting for someone else
to heal ours. One love is a gorgeous thing,
but if you can’t find the one
then collect them all: slivers
of hearts or snippets of veins
and catch their blood in a vial.
I want to scream, wake up world!
Let’s fall in love! and walk through
the streets holding hands
with strangers and smiling at
that man walking around
with a piece of cardboard saying
‘free hugs’ and spreading joy
like butter.
And yet, I’ve only ever been in love
once. Who knows if he was worth it
then or worth it now,
but he’s the past.
Take my hand and kiss
my fingertips and I will
kiss your eyelids.
But if I fall out of love today,
I will leave come tomorrow.
By - Laala Kashef Alghata
