Spread the Wings of Your Love
By Don Iannone

The sky is the limit
in terms of your love.
Reach high, and wide
in your quest to love the world
and everybody in it.
Contrary to what you might think,
and at times even feel,
our love is endless, and abundant
beyond what our minds can grasp.
After all, love is a quality of heart,
and as such, is felt, not thought.
Spread your love,
like the wings of a glorious
full-blossom butterfly.
And while you're at it,
be open to other's love.
It's there for the picking,
like fresh juicy strawberries
awaiting your sweet embrace.

Happy Birthday Sweet Mary
By Don Iannone

You never cease to amaze me,
with all that you are and you do.
There is little wonder,
why I so very much love you.

You awaken each morning
from your magical cocoon.
My heart burns without warning,
like an ever bright full moon.

My day seems so empty without you,
sometimes I forget who I am.
With your return my heart does renew,
just to see and touch you, my gem.

Love poems don't come easy,
except when they are true.
Our love is never queasy,
it holds us together like glue.

It's that time of year again
to honor you and your birth.
In my heart you reign,
I put you above everything on earth.

Happy birthday sweet Mary,
May this day shine with sun.
And in my heart I will carry
love that never can be undone.

Making Space for Love
By Don Iannone

Make space for love
to take shape in your life.
Empty your heart
...so full of sorrow
pain and loneliness.
They are but mere clouds
the warm evening breeze
can whisk away
at your invitation.
You're never alone
when you're filled
with love's light.
Gaze deeply into your darkness
and behold the star-studded sky,
bursting with mystery and new possibilities,
waiting for you to receive their blessing.
Let love carve you into
a seamless ray of white sunshine
filling the world with hope
and warming all in its healing path.
Make space for love
to take shape in your life.

Love
By Don Iannone

Love is
as simple as
smiling at yourself in the mirror.

Love is
the best thing to do
when you don't know what to do.

Love is
the best gift to give
when you have no idea what to give.

Love is
always the right answer
to any question.

Love is
all that you are
including those parts you don't want to see.

Love is
there inside you
even when you feel loveless and unloved.

Love is
our only real calling in life.
Listen to its call.

A Summer Love Poem for Mary
By Don Iannone

We walked and we wandered
so far from our given path at birth,
We strayed and we pondered
why we are here on this earth,
So many suns have risen and set
I cannot remember,
Until that morning we met
on that fateful day in November,
Days seemed uncommonly long
before we spent one together,
And now we sing our song
how we'll last forever,
Two tiny summer fireflies
we'll be till the very end,
Lost for an eternity in blue skies,
and then hand in hand we ascend.

Pulled Down Fantasies
By Don Iannone

Pulled down fantasies
...like the cool satin sheets
...on your steamy hot bed
...touching your body...next to mine.
Your scent lingers
...on my lips
...on my fingers
...in my mind.
While we've known each other
...I've wondered
...what you'd be like
...in so many ways
...so many times.
Let yourself go.
Release what holds you
...into my arms
...into my mind, and always
...into my heart.
Real love is irreversible
...no matter what anybody says.