Sometimes a new word promotes a creative urge

Limerence

Limerence, a word new to me
Apparently, coined in the 1970s
Describing an infatuated state. 

It captured my imagination 
Resonated in my heart 
Made me both sad and happy. 

Sadness from a random thought 
Wondering what it would be like
Never to have experienced this. 

When another person grips you
Seizing your imagination 
Preoccupying your thoughts. 

Happiness that I’ve had this pleasure 
The boundaries seeming limitless 
The hope that all will gell. 

Knowing as we all do
That such a state is finite 
Infatuation morphing as it will. 

Sometimes leading to a crest
And then a plummeting fall
Hopes dashed on sharp rocks. 

At others leading to firmer ground
A plateau gradually rising
A firmness in the shape of things. 

The sparkle in life
An ephemeral thing
Sought after by all. 

But solidity is also craved 
Certainty in what will be
Depth in shared experience. 

Brian Matthews 21-12-23