Of Fist-a-cuff and Kiss-Me-Love

Let's face it...love is not always coochy-coo.

sometimes its gritting our teeth and forging through

But the thing that makes it worth the fight

Is knowing love will make everything right!

Love is not for the faint of heart

Nor for those self-inclined

Its fist-a-cuff and kiss me, love

Involves body and mind

It sets us free yet binds us close

Its comely fellowship

Makes possible the miracle

That heals wounds it inflicts

The way we are is not enough

Without the tender thrall

That wakes the whole where tug-of-soul

Makes warriors of us all

How hard the thorn of love can prick

And we would miss the rose

But sweeter thus, the bloom, because

We hold the whole stem close

Love is not for the bullish lord

Not for the faint of heart

Where fist-a-cuff and kiss-me-love

Makes love a work of art

© Janet Martin