--- title: You call it madness, but I call it love date: 2009-05-28T07:22:58Z modified: 2009-05-28T07:27:06Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/you-call-it-madness-but-i-call-it-love/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 682 categories: - Love Poems featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/park-bench.jpg" author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2009-05-28T07:27:06Z tags: - Love Poems --- ![park-bench](http://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/park-bench-300x225.jpg "park-bench") sitting on the park bench under the old tree, just like old times chewing gum and reading the newspaper; with the sun smiling down, and as the flowers swayed in the gentle breeze, sitting here waiting for your arrival; laughing at the good times crying with the bad holding your hands until they wrinkle we’ll sit here watching sunsets and other lovers walking by, always holding your hand at the end of the day Or hugging you till you fall asleep; wandering through the [desert](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/a-desert-rose.md) of life two lost souls, only having our love to keep us alive, kissing softly at [sunrise](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/sunrise-love.md), both curled under a blanket, you and I [together](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/when-we-are-together.md), holding hands at sunset; with the sun smiling down, and as the flowers swayed in the gentle breeze, the world keeps turning, people keep moving, and though no one notices, I am here, waiting for your arrival; – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Sometimes, when one person is missing, the whole world seems depopulated. – Lamartine It only takes a minute to get a crush on [someone](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/i-am-someone.md), an hour to like someone & a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone – Unknown If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don’t have it, no matter what else there is, it’s not enough – Ann Landers The [heart](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/whisper-of-the-heart.md) has its reasons which reason knows not of. – Blaise Pascal He is not a lover who does not love forever. – Euripides Love makes mutes of those who habitually speak most fluently. – Madeleine de Scudery – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –