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Love Is As Strong As Death

My desire is boiling molten lava it erupts when the taste of your name slips through my thoughts It is contrary to what I have believed I have been struck by its arrow and the curse and it's shaft drives deeply I have fought the thoughts but they crush me like the arms of a man I am powerless before them and it's flow is towards you unwanted or not they dominate me like the curse that was given upon exile from it's face and has struck the hearts of all womankind I have held it at bay for so long embanked unable to flow freely You have torn down the dam I know not how I am engulfed drowning I seek to stem it's flow redirect it's course but it sears me It has awakened me from a dead sleep I know not if I will allow it to stay as I am powerless in the face of it For I know it's source and it's end will flay me alive as a pyre Those so consumed are driven by it's mind and I know it means my death in exchange for life I desire the smoke of it to drive you away as the animals flee before a fire in the forest but I hope you will face it down and put it out and release me You have undamed something beyond my control without the walls and shields that were built to keep such a thing contained and confined but I am fascinated as I look upon it like a child I want to touch it and abandon caution I am afraid of it its as the floodgates of heaven and can never be fully emptied a fine scalpel has pierced my heart and it bleeds even as it continues to beat a pain I think only women can know banked embers have ignited a wildfire and my heart is engulfed in it's flames Never have I felt such overwhelming powerful emotion , All I have felt for man is that gentle affection easily put down as easily as eros . Why is this so threatening that I am unable to resist bowing before it ...and it's flow remains unabated I have waited to see if it will ebb but it's constant with an ebb I think I could defeat it but do I want to Nothing on the planet compares to it's presence COPYRIGHT © 2014 C Michael Miller via Duboff Law Group LLC

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