Ok I'm a part-time poet, and I think a poem is a great icebreaker. However, I am also passionate about my writing and liberally use words like, love, forever, and such. Here's an example:

Always

We've shared breathless kisses,
Burning touches,
Softly spoken words of love,
And urgently screamed words of passion.

Just us man and woman,
One all-embracing love,
Since time began.

Foreordained to be as one,
We've shared this love before,
Perhaps in other lifetimes,
Perhaps in other dimensions.

We've possibly slain dragons,
We may have been torn from each others arms,
Yet our love has always reigned as one.

Maybe we've walked on this earth many times hand in hand,
Maybe for only a moment,
Possibly for years and years.

But our hearts are one heart,
They were meant to be together.

So when our time on earth,
Ends once more,
Have no concerns my dear.

We will find each other over again
And again
And again.
You see the love we have is ageless, dateless and eternal.

It's a love for all time.

Forever.

-Hurley (copyright 2007-08)

So my question is too much? Should I tone down my tomes? Help!

No. It is beautiful the way it is.

Keep it just the way it is.

Never tone down always keep it from the heart were it is real great write and welcome to the site

you should always say it from the heart never let anyone tell you that you are not great at something because you are a great person and a great poet. i also write poetry and i enjoy it i know people tell me i have no talent for it. but i let it go in one ear and out the other. so do not change this poem it is great!! made me cry because it was so well written. im sorry everyone im not a good speller please for give me

I write poetry in my spare time and sometimes specific poems for people who are going through hard times. A poem is a poem, we write what we feel and ordinary people can't judge what we write. You can write a poem about love and not mean it for anyone particular, so if women are offended by your poetry than you need to find one who understands.

You write what you feel!
Write away!!!