No one is ever taken <br />Since no one is ever given <br /> <br />Life lives and thrives upon itself <br />And death dies upon its shift <br /> <br />In love no one is taken <br />Everything is simply freely given <br /> <br />I love so much and so many more <br />Yet I was never really taken <br /> <br />I have been given and giving still <br />Yet I am whole and always full<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/already-taken-2/