True Love Q & A

How does one find true love, what is the clue?
You don’t go and look for true love, it finds you
It’s likely not from a kiss under the mistletoe
Cupid’s arrow will somehow find you though

How does one recognize when true love arrives?
Something that lasts, something that thrives?
Your heart will follow them in every way
Like a sunflower tracking the sun all day

Is true love uncontrollably wild or is it quiet and tame?
Will it provide me with solitude or drive me insane?
Some days will be as frantic as a hot potato game
Other days by comparison will seem rather lame

Will true love forever be on a trajectory to the sky?
Will the fire always burn hot and flames shoot high?
You’ll find the relationship progresses and retreats often
Advancing like the inchworm who arches and straightens

How does one keep true love from entering a slumber?
The longevity of a fire is proportional to its embers
When the flaming fire burns out, the embers still remain
Providing foundation, the embers of true love are the same

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True Love Q & A is my poem in response to Linda Kruschke’s Paint Chip Poetry Challenge Prompt #18. The challenge is to write a poem in rhyming couplets in response to the prompt card that includes at least four of the seven paint chip words or phrases. The prompt phrase is True Love and the prompt words are: wild mushroom, hot potato, after the fire, sunflower, grapefruit, mistletoe, and inchworm.

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