Love
Love ever seemed so Greek to me
Grainy playground sand smelled of rain and dahlia
Memory still eluded the capitals of Ohio and California
School nights and warm milk steered us away from insomnia
Hershey kisses and milk duds our only memorabilia
Innocence painted the bright colors on our days of Philia
Pigtails turned to pixies, bangs and fringes
Tame-less age, yearning rock music and ruckus
Pubescence feigning to increase the curious gap between us
Prom night gleaming in disco lights, our Olympus
Flirty jabs and stolen glances, the language of our Ludus
Jobs in line but dreams pushed to side-rows
On bases we graded our intimacy scores
Lonely nights, our sigh-filling throes
Twitter or snap chat not quenching our passion woes
Fiery red it burned, our flame of Eros
Parting ways to feed the little lump inside our crania
Skipped dinner dates and missed calls tainted our Utopia
Memories fading like the lands of Mesopotamia
Would I lose you forever?, a phobia
Ego and jealousy turned pages of our Mania
Heart finally scorning brain’s dogma
A ring on my finger you adorned to end all the drama
The stork brought us an angel deeming me ‘Mama’
Cinder and smoke replaced our ever burning magma
Summer dresses, hand bags and stilettos now a stigma
Yet your good night kisses were the elixir of our Pragma
A superwoman I was to her just short of a cape
A tear in her eyes got you reaching for your chape
Hands too full without a welcome escape
We danced and grooved to her tape
Finally etching our hearts in endless Agape
Love ever seemed so Greek to me
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Footnote:
6 types of love according to Greek mythology- philia (friendship), ludus (flirty), Eros (sexual), mania(possessive), pragma(understanding) and agape(selfless)