They fall in love differently... <br /> <br />The young, the needy, the hurt <br /> <br />Youth will taste of bubblegum kisses <br /> <br />Under the blessing of the moon <br /> <br />Hotter than the August humidity <br /> <br />Holding hands in naive nuzzling <br /> <br />Guzzling every elicit and explicit hour <br /> <br />Believing all begins and ends <br /> <br />In each other's eyes <br /> <br />The Needy find a lifeline tossed <br /> <br />A sturdy anchoring to safe harbor <br /> <br />Building nesteggs and making omelets <br /> <br />Steadying themselves for tomorrow <br /> <br />Against the pillar of promises <br /> <br />They hope are kindly kept <br /> <br />Having someone to stand beside <br /> <br />When they are besides themselves <br /> <br />Sometimes settling for some compromise <br /> <br />Watching for an opened umbrella <br /> <br />Under cloudy skies <br /> <br />The Hurt seek shelter <br /> <br />In the cavern of someone eles <br /> <br />Barely breathing their breathless desire <br /> <br />To be a voice heard by anyone <br /> <br />Other than the wind <br /> <br />They trade-in, trade-off, <br /> <br />But rarely trade-up <br /> <br />Stuck in the silence of another Sunday <br /> <br />Spent reading separate sections of the New York Times <br /> <br />Wishing they remembered what drew them together <br /> <br />Not knowing what tears them apart<br /><br />Susan Lacovara<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-young-the-needy-the-hurt/
