IT IS LOVE

Much peace. For Day 15 of National Poetry Writing Month, the prompt is:

Write your own poem that muses on love, but isn’t a traditional love poem in the sense of expressing love between romantic partners.

Here is my poem:

IT IS LOVE

By Farah Lawal Harris, 2026

Sometimes it’s aching,

but most times,

it’s consideration shown

like the folding of clothes,

the return of calls,

the remembrance of preference,

the lack of indifference,

and showing deference.

Sometimes it’s yearning,

but most times, it’s intention,

the willingness to diffuse tension,

the holding back of aggression,

openness of expression,

use of discretion.

Sometimes it hurts,

but most times it tickles

like feathers on the nose.

Often unspoken,

but through action, it shows.

It is proof that life is worth living;

even when it’s unreciprocal,

it is worth giving.

It is forgiving one more time.

It is honest, stern, and kind.

It is simply sublime.