Justin Bordner Poet Didactic

Possessing Love -

Is love a punishment of possession...
Am I possessed by love's ancient appetite...
Does your heart beat at the mercy of a kiss...
My heart wakes to be washed 
with the worship of diamond eye water...
Are you lost or found through love's labyrinth...
I have entered the rose rooted 
ingress of love earnestly,
enchanted by violinic blood notes,
knowing intuitively that even through death 
there is no egress,
only bittersweet sacrifice...
What may be this noble sacrifice...
It is not noble,
as rain dying on lava,
it is a sacrifice of necessity...
What is this natural necessity of love...
To obey the desire of destiny 
as the theater of red obeys 
the evolution of the rose bloom...
How are you responsible for this passion...
Only a fool believes that love is a tool,
or a choice,
I have not designed this love,
love chose Us,
because love knows the truth 
of two hearts in orbit...
Is love glamorous or torturous...
Love is a beast of fortune,
a synthesis of temptation, trespass 
and triumph...
What is the source of true love treasure...
Hearts prepared for divine purpose...
Is it your own will, 
or the will of God 
that you are rising in love
like heat in the naked cool night...
The will of God is only possible 
through the will of honest hearts...
Are you in control of this awesome love...
This love would be a lie 
if it were a choice,
true love is not about freedom,
it's about the truth of who we are,
and what we can be sublimely...
Have you submitted to love divine...
I have embraced the grace of my companion 
together we give love life...
Do you serve love, 
or does love serve you...
We are one, in love we are at once the pulsing,
writhing fire of the star
and also the atomic light
of the star that fragrances the Void 
with rebellious heat
culminating in dripping ice that wets futurity...
Are you a love masochist...
I invite the pain of love,
as the lion accepts the scent 
of Serengeti sweat,
I will pursue the wild pulse,
and pounce the running hooves 
of frightened eyes,
I thrash doubt, claws dug in deep,
teeth piercing the hide 
of a thunder timid heart,
this is what primal love demands...
Are you willling to be hunted...
I am willing to war for love power...

J.A.B.

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Ink Empress August 10, 2026 at 9:26 AM p.s. question for the love guru ~ I sometimes feel like a possessed person when in love. Is that normal? 🤔 hahah pls tell me I am normal 🥺😂🤟🏼 Justin Bordner August 10, 2026 at 12:15 PM Continued...where vulnerable and stubborn/resistant elements of one's identity manifest consciously. Conversely, enthralled, perhaps even latent talents, energies emerge consciously producing an altered state of consciousness...J.A.B. Justin Bordner August 10, 2026 at 12:12 PM A great question, and a natural psychological response to experiencing, interpreting and feeling various love emotions and moments Poetess. The answer is that there's a spectrum of personality

Ink Empress August 10, 2026 at 9:11 AM Sending you light always ~ After reading this, I am ready for true love! Lol 🌹❤️🌹🌊 🧜‍♀️ 🌹 ♥️ 🌹 Justin Bordner August 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM After reading your heart love will be ready for you Poetess...J.A.B.

Ink Empress August 10, 2026 at 9:10 AM Theres a fierceness to what youv said, theres also a very tender patient voice there, I would love to hear you read this, your spoken word! Would be lovely! Would you ever let us soupers hear you! Hah 😆 Sorry for the so many comments! You can tell I studied English literature, we touch various angles of a poem or whatever we read, an analyze deeply, also could be my mind and how it works! But know this! You are officially my fave poet now! No one depicts romance like you do! Justin Bordner August 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM You entreat me to reveal the voice of my heart Poetess. I trust your discretion, when the need of love is right I shall share my love vocals, thank you...being your favorite Poet is a prize that I hold highest! Your passion for poetry is unsurpassable Poetess!

Ink Empress August 10, 2026 at 9:08 AM After reading this, I want to find a love like yours, yours is a love that is untouchable, unstoppable, irreversible, indomitable, that is the kind of love I need!!! I ache for it now! And I am just loving the way youv ended! Yess! “ Have you submitted to love divine... I have embraced the grace of my companion together we give love life...” submission at its finest! My heart! I am in love with what you’ve said! Poetic Philosopher! Your romance is for the books! I felt this deeply! And altho Justin Bordner August 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM The most important book in the world is the pages of your heart, and the heat of your ink! Love is nothing without willing hearts Poetess.

Ink Empress August 10, 2026 at 9:04 AM Theres a spirituality to this and also a very passionate urgency ~ flowing throughout your lines in such a sincere manner. Like you just sat in the temple of temptations and devotion, and voiced a love mediation so very artistically! True love is not about freedom! Wow what a maxim! I cant even! I need to print that out and wear it ~ “ I invite the pain of love, as the lion accepts the scent of Serengeti sweat” wow! What did you just say?!! Are yu even real! Honestly some of the things you say Justin Bordner August 10, 2026 at 4:04 PM Your vibe is velvet light on my in my eyes, your thoughts forever moist ink on my quill tip...you've got me pulsing poetically Poetess thank you. Interestingly, I invented the word variation " violinic"...it's hot as strings rubbed fiercely by a bow of blazing heartbeats...J.A.B.

Ink Empress August 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM I have been always told that to love or not is a choice, but after reading this I learned that to love if it is a choice that is not really true love! True love is divine and chosen by the almighty! Its sacred! And only a real warrior of love and one that is a bit masochistic can take patiently all shades of love without feeling attacked or like as if they are a punching bag! I admire you! And I must say, I was right! You are a love Guru ~ and Whoever reads you would learn, how love feels Justin Bordner August 10, 2026 at 1:01 PM Yes Poetess love chooses us, however we must trust it and become love with another. And yes again, there are many "heart checks" that one will experience through the evolution of love...J.A.B.

Ink Empress August 10, 2026 at 8:57 AM Dear Justin, Have you ever read something, and just sit in silence, wordless, speechless, unable to find the right adjective, right word to praise what you just read? Well that’s me right now. This didactic, how you have philosophised love, left me just in awe! Impressed, lost in thoughts, contemplating, and philosophising love too! There are only few who would think like you do regarding love and the layers and different faces of it, its not easy to also express, definitely youv got it all figured out! Justin Bordner August 10, 2026 at 12:33 PM Your poetry has had the same effect on me Poetess 📖✍️🔥 didactic/dialectical poetry, especially in a dialogue style is to induce contemplation and raise awareness through contrast, logic, and even paradox...J.A.B.