the fourth element (4/28/06)

i've thought for a long time that love
was made up of 3 elements:
lust, trust, and give and take.
but somewhere down deep
that seemed lacking
an evanescent spirit lurking that i could only spy fleetingly
but what was that spirit? i wondered.

i'm pretty sure it's the feeling of right-ness, of being in the proper spot.
it's what makes the relationship transcend the quid pro quo
to reach something more,
to go beyond property and protoplasm and friendship.
a gossamer spirit to transform gossamer condoms into gossamer condors.

i'm not sure i'm right about this
but being right is what i've never had.
so maybe i'm right that that's it takes feeling right
to have the real deal.

tom loos