The Book of Love

   Whenever anyone asks me what I would like as a gift. I usually answer, "A book".
That's a little vague, so sometimes I say, "A poetry book". 
  After listening to this song called "The Book of Love", I realize that all the sorrows in life, all the pleasures and all the joys, and everything else we desire make up our own "Book of Love."

   According to the song (below), this book of love is heavy. So heavy, in fact that you can't carry it around with you. There are probably some blank pages too, because sometimes there are no words to express the wonder and specialness of love.
   A wise woman once said,
"The stars are always there but we miss them in the dirt and clouds. We miss them in the storms. Tell them to remember hope. We have hope." 

   In this electronic age we live in, the book of love would not be made of paper and maybe you could  "carry it" around with you, but I think not. 
    The book of love is special and filled with music and sweet memories. The book of love has instructions for dancing, special recipes, sweet songs and heart-shaped boxes.
   Some people have played this song for their first dance at their wedding. The dance instructions are always included, but not much else. I hope your own book is filled with endless love, smudges and hope until the very last page.

                                      

The book of love is long and boring

No one can lift the damn thing

It's full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing

But I

I love it when you read to me

And you

You can read me anything

The book of love has music in it

In fact that's where music comes from

Some of it is just transcendental

Some of it is just really dumb

But I

I love it when you sing to me

And you

You can sing me anything

The book of love is long and boring

And written very long ago

It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes

And things we're all too young to know

But I

I love it when you give me things

And you

You ought to give me wedding rings

And I

I love it when you give me things

And you

You ought to give me wedding rings

And I

I love it when you give me things

And you

You ought to give me wedding rings

You ought to give me wedding rings