Symptoms Of Love

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 his fingers
In a darkened room
For a searching look

Take courage, lovers
Can you endure such grief
At any hand but his?