Love can hurt and love can heal. Love can make life miserable or fantastically exciting. It is an intense emotion, mostly misunderstood by psychologists, sociologists and other professionals, but yet the subject of almost all artistic endeavors. Imagine yourself falling in love with someone that writes sensitive poems about love and life. Then imagine you are married and the object of your love is not your spouse. And then, imagine that all you can think about is being with that person. Finally, imagine your love object writes poems of love to you almost daily - Poems that speak of the intense love you share and describe hope for your future together. If you like a poetic love story, you'll love this book. If you have been in love, this poetry will remind you of tender moments that will bring tears to your eyes. If you have never been in love but dreamed of it, this book will help you understand the feeling of love better. The poems in this book were written during an intense romantic love affair about forty years ago. They range in length from six to more than fifty lines. Many have an introduction that explains the circumstances they were written in. The lovers in this affair are now senior citizens and married to each other. They are still romantic. Still intense. And still, - very much in love!