Within these pages lie a passionate outburst of creativity, the expressions of deep love of one person for another in the form of poetry. The images, words and phrases are the author’s efforts to paint a loving portrait, to colorfully communicate feelings inspired by knowing and revering another. The poetry form is unique among writing styles in its ability to formulate and describe life’s experiences at the heart level. It can be said that the purpose of poetry is to inspire, to call out to the human spirit for validation and acknowledgment of that which lives in all of us: the experience of love. You are invited to enter and explore one person’s journey through the wilderness of love, and perhaps encounter sights, sounds, smells and places that may be familiar to you, that may remind you of adventures of your own. You are invited to live in and savor the moment…and perhaps be inspired.