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( ... mumbling ... bumbling ... muttering ... stuttering ... confused, but not abused ... what if? ... so what? ... and so it goes ... and so is love .................... always questioning .... )

If we are so in love together, 

      each so alone standing here ... 

            so intent, seeing that stone drop,
 
  
                     
       both wondering at the prize 

        we did not just snatch -- 

                

watching aching hearts disappear
 
    out of sight; fearing some ancient curse 

                        before we both turn and run! 



      if our hearts are truly beating,

             excited at coming to this stone -- 

  why, oh then why in romancing

                      should we run from here alone!


                      ~~~~~~~~~~


If we are so in love together, 

    why do we blankly stare apart

        at some prize only good

            when shared together ... forever




If we continue in "if" for romance

    standing stones with hearts unopened, 
      
        our chances of ever truly loving

            don't stand a chance ... however 


                       ~~~~~~~~~~                                            

If intent and intentions

      are the only real keys to our heart;
 
         with these mindful inventions,
  
            'tis sad missing skipped beats on our part.



Then run ... go away ... escape ... 

      don't chance awry with your feelings:

         leave without touch, sound, taste,
 
            the tears or stings of emotional scarring.

      
  
  Don't chance to feel the chill

        of one whose heart is or was;
 
              or "seems" must be stilled and

                    turned cold from romancing to stone.