Michael Pickings Poet I do not know?

Love Above Life

A dark cloud hovers above me 
Emitting violent lightening strikes
And earth shaking thunderous
Roars.
A perfect storm of hellish winds and
Hail mixed with rain.
Violent tornadoes coupled with 
Disastrous hurricanes and immense
Pressure builds up inside my head.
I feel the heat boiling and radiating 
Through my pores.
This anger I keep bottled up within
A confined space it's free to roam.
Gamma rays slam into my iron nucleus forming a sudden and deadly 
Supernova.
Wars of past lives run rampant through my brain.
Soldier's deaths I feel every life taken when I close my eyes to dream.
My only peace is the lady that loves
Me hard. 
It's enough to keep the beast at bay.
She is my savior.
Though nightmares rage through
My brain like the atmosphere of
Jupiter.
I remain calm for Mother Earth.
If damnation is my destiny 
I gladly accept it.
In the darkness of a black hole
I store secrets of lives lived.
Death before dishonor
Loyalty over torment
Love above life.

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Skat A August 27, 2014 at 7:45 PM MICHAEL, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile, others passed, when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your compositions. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT

Poet Destroyer A August 22, 2014 at 2:47 PM Michael,, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following you and your poetry:) Here's the link to the contest page. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/ <---~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@

Casarah Nance August 22, 2014 at 7:51 AM Powerful! Sound like a fight to keep the storm inside. Welcome to poetrysoup, it will be a pleasure reading your writing;)

Anne-Lise Andresen August 21, 2014 at 11:35 AM - Warm welcome to PoetrySoup, Michael - I choose your first moving/deep written free verse - Well done - Nice to meet you! - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- Be kind and keep PoetrySoup as a haven PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Ana Espinola Collins August 20, 2014 at 3:12 PM Definitley deep Micahel...You've done a fantastic job of expressing the emotional pain and I hope by writing this poem it has help release the pressure a bit :) Ana Ana Espinola Collins August 20, 2014 at 3:13 PM Ooops...Michael :)