Wicker Park

I admit it. I love the movie Wicker Park. I know it is totally unrealistic that people could lose each other in this age of email, cell phones and generally computerized communication and tracking, but still it is so romantic to see people who are so affected by each other; People who actually feel that I guess I kind of overlook some of the impossibilities of the movie. I love the line that one of the characters says after being caught stalking, lying and engaging in various other sundry activies, "Love makes you do crazy things." Well some people are crazy all ready, but still it is a nice thought. In any case, I am very romantic.

If I held you gently
balancing you birdlike on
an erect index finger
walking gingerly
so as not to disturb
your equilibrium,
would you stay?

If I held you with strength
binding you with chains:
economic and emotional,
if I wouldn't let you go
but I faltered and my chains broke,
would you stay?

If I held you sensitively,
acknowledging your strength
the vital strength of...
of weeds pushing up through concrete,
would you stay?

Let me know
why you would stay.
I wish so much to hold you.

I wrote this in 2002 and my opinion has not changed. To me one of the ultimate goals of humankind is to love and then to be concerned over maintaining that love. And I'm not talking about stalking because I believe true love is always reciprical. However, I also believe that if a person is not important to you, then it's not really love and you're wasting your own and someone else's time.

My book, I wish So Much to Hold You, is available at www.bbotw.com. As always, check out www.mynsp.com/theherbcounselor.com. Here's to your health: mental, physical and romantic.