C’est magnifique, this thing called love.
Since we met, you do something to me
and anything goes. You’re easy to love so
let’s misbehave night and day.
Blow, Gabriel, blow! It’s just one
of those things: we shall never be younger.
Come along with me. How could we be wrong?

From associate professor of English to management trainer to retiree, Carolyn Martin is a lover of gardening and snorkeling, writing and photography. Her poems have been published in more than 125 journals throughout North America, Australia, and the UK. She is currently the poetry editor of Kosmos Quarterly: journal for global transformation. Find out more at carolynmartinpoet.com.