Love Cannot be Manufactured

Love cannot be manufactured
in the grit and grunt factory
MAKE IT HAPPEN mentality
Is lame
Love is a blinding light reality

Perhaps more like a gentle awakening
A growing awareness of a fragrance
whose permeation has reached fullness
Becoming heady, strong
It’s been there all long
But now it burst into throaty song

Love cannot be manufactured
Love cannot be commanded
It cannot be stolen
Enticed
Love refuses to be BOUND

No, Love is an entity
that VISITS
that touches.
When welcomed,
LOVE LOVES TO DWELL-
an indwelling spirit
It places a DO NOT DISTURB sign
on the heart's door
Protecting the union of souls
from the prying eyes outside

Love cannot be manufactured
This I have learned
As a testament to this timely truth
I DECLARE:
Love cannot be manufactured

I love you,
I declare
With my own poetic flair

In this, my meaning, luxuriant
Let my love your heart satiate

For my love,
Be sure of this:

Love cannot be manufactured
I love you
And on this Declaration of Dependence on You
I rest my case!

by:     Eileen Manassian