Ever Have a Dog?

Ever have a dog that has passed on? If so, you miss that dog, don't you. Dogs are such wonderful creatures, such perfect examples of unconditional love. 

I'm mostly a cat person, but of the few dogs who have shared parts of my life, I miss them all.

If you have a dog, give it some attention. Watch that tail wag with joy. Smile. 

-- doug smith

 

Look for Love

Whatever else is thrown at you, look for love. When you can't find it you can create it.

Look first for love.

-- doug smith

True to Scale

Love means more when we love more.

-- douglas brent smith

No limit

No one can ever stop you from loving.

-- douglas brent smith

 

temporary love

Temporary love teaches us to survive the temporary and to thrive in the moment. Given that, we may find that it's not temporary after all...

-- doug smith

 

Two

there is so much breathing

to share

live, create, feel, hold, release . . . 

wanting so much to touch

this small soulful love

who already touched first

1973

 

Heart and Mind

Love crosses my mind every day. It's when it crosses my heart that it brings me to tears.

-- doug smith

 

Poem: how?

how do you do it?
i'd like to know because
it would make it all so
much easier

it seems to come naturally
to you
like getting off a bike
or combing your hair
and
you never seem to
give it much thought while

i can't seem not to

how do you do it? because
after all this time and
so many hard, rough lessons
i still have not learned how

is it an affliction? is it a choice?
befuddled. ruffled. resolute. stuck. tightly
held yet no longer held

dropped like a rock into a still pond that
stays still

how do you do it?

how do you stop loving someone?


-- doug smith


15 July 2019

When Love Stops

Love doesn't stop because it gets hard. It stops when we get lazy.

-- doug smith

What Would You Call It?

Don't call it love if you don't go the distance.

-- douglas brent smith

Do The Work

Love only begins to start when the easy part is over.

-- douglas brent smith

Quote: Understanding Love

I don't need to understand love in order to love. And, believe me, I do not understand love.

-- Douglas Brent Smith

Deeper

Love can always go deeper but not everyone has the courage.

-- Doug Smith

strong

i am powerfully attracted to
strong coffee, strong whiskey
and strong women and
so far
strong coffee has never hurt me
although i may
drown myself in it, to
stay up thru the night
to face the morning
without her

because trying to sleep
is stupid
and trying to get over it
is bad advice

so what's to do?

when the person i'd ask
asks for space?

could i be the strong one
resilient, resolved?
remembering some mysteries
will never be solved

so make me a strong one
with whiskey and black
and i will be waiting
when that woman comes back

-- douglas brent smith (c) 2016