Deep End Moments
by Michael Doyle

The deep end of the dating scene
It can be or seem extremely shallow
That is, if you know what I mean
It's, at best, the higher love's shadow

Can true love come without face-to-face?
Or is that hoping for a hopeless dream
We all want that someone special to embrace
And become our own best king or queen

Looking out of love's falling sunset
We reach for some shown connection
Heart and head together and well met
Without a director's silver screen correction

It seems that even the most jaded
Hope for a love that is somehow blind
Pushing hard past victories faded
And yet, we pray for mercy to be kind

We hope for sweet truth out of the gate
Hoping for that meeting from the inside
It's the true love moment for which we wait
Crystalized as Cupid's arrow quietly arrives

There is something special about a smile
Especially when it reaches out from the inside
Like Cleopatra floating down Egypt's Nile
A good heart quietly proves it can confide

Those things we're afraid to let show
But go miles in telling how exactly we feel
Are those things that let love grow
In the secrets these things reveal 

(c) March 2, 2024   Michael Doyle
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