Some Kind of Love Poem by M. G. Stephens

Some Kind of Love Poem

From this position, love appears, or from
That angle, there it is, though completely
Unexpected, even a surprise, and
Maybe not even welcome, after all,
There are so many other things to do,
Like going to the gym or making lists
Of things to do, love not being one of
Those items listed, and yet love is there,
Unexpectedly or not, love wants you
To know that it is all that you need or
Ever wanted, even when you ask it:
Is that all that love is? And the answer,
Of course, is, yes, that is all that love is,
That is all love will ever be, and more.

​
*Originally appeared in PN Review

M. G. Stephens is author of 22 books, including the novel The Brooklyn Book of the Dead; the travel memoir Lost in Seoul (Random House); and the award-winning essay collection Green Dreams. His recent poetry collections include Occam's Razor (First Person Books, 2015); Top Boy (Spuyten Duyvil, 2017); and the e-chapbook Resistance (Political Poems) (Dispatches from the Poetry Wars, 2018).