Where can I learn to love?
I have learned much
In institutions of
Learning
But, 
Not how to love.
How can I love another
When I do not know how to love
Myself?
Why even talk of love?
Because
There is nothing
That people
Desire more.
We all want
To love
To be loved
In our homes
At our work
In our relationships
We want with all our hearts to love, 
To be loved
When we love the most intensely 
And most humanly
Our love is like a fever
The withness and
Intensity of love 
Brings with it suffering, 
Of course, 
But joy too 
Because it is
The world 
We want
Even if it is 
Not the world
That is
Yet.

© Timothy E. Wahlstrom, July 22, 2022