ef: Of Love

Love holds a relation to heart.
The love for something is kept.
The love with an other is keeping.

The heart throws; a heart catches,
yielding a keeping between.

Falling raises the stakes.

Lovers co-sign relations held to heart.
The lovers keep together
what cannot keep alone.

The heart throws; the heart catches,
unfolding the keeping between.

Loving tends the bloom.

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The unrequited heart
keeps without return.

The bereaved heart
keeps what once was keeping.