Symptoms of Love

Portrait of Robert Graves
Robert Graves 1895–1985

Love is universal migraine, A bright stain on the vision Blotting out reason.

Symptoms of true love Are leanness, jealousy, Laggard dawns;

Are omens and nightmares - Listening for a knock, Waiting for a sign:

For a touch of her fingers In a darkened room, For a searching look.

Take courage, lover! Could you endure such pain At any hand but hers?

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  1. Shyam United States

    Your poem is great and it is true in it's entirety...

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