Symptoms of Love - Robert Graves

[sirenssing]

Love is a universal migraine,
A bright stain on the vision
blotting out reason.

Symptoms of true love
Are leanness, jealousy,
laggard dawns;

Are omens and nightmares-
listening for a knock,
waiting for a sign:

For a touch of her fingers in a darkened room,
for a searching look.

Take courage, lover.
Could you endure such pain at any hand but hers?