Love Is Like

Love is like wine
Bittersweet,
Love enough to make me sick
Rip my heart out
Its yours now
Be gentle.

Love is like a sickness
Once you got it,
it must run it's course.
Teasing your emotions,
Butterflies in my stomach
Rid me of it.

Love is like a debt
so much at first
its more than enough
unaware its eroding your heart
breaking it down into nothing,
left with emptiness.

love is like a mad dog
chasing cars in the street
such a rush is the run
such a pain is the hit,
bones broken left in the street,
only to start over.

love is like a drug,
the first trip is the best,
high as a kite.
dependency settles in,
isn't doing what it did.
sweating and shivering
time to come down.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Kendrick Avatar
November 30, 2009 at 3:27 PM
I can tell that you have experienced some varied things in your life. Keep the magical pen flowing. Sara
Brown Avatar
November 28, 2009 at 7:29 AM
I would like to welcome you to PoetrySoup Jon. I also wish you the best in your writing endeavors. If you have questions please feel free to ask anyone here. We are all willing to help and if we don't know the answer we will find someone who does. Love, Carol
Bono Avatar
November 26, 2009 at 3:42 PM
I posted a new poem.It's called life is to short.check it out.It's a positive one.Don't know where it came from it just came to me. Tell me what you think.
Owens Avatar
November 25, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Very Nice poem....enjoyed...Marty... Happy Thanksgiving...
Scripca Avatar
November 25, 2009 at 6:36 PM
You define love creatively, it is such a complex feeling sometime is a pain but what unlucky some people are to live their lives without it...Happy Thanksgiving, Jon. Love, Iolanda
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