Unwise To Flex Macho Muscles

I save my love in the cave
Where she roams free
Shoving aside the pride of the stave
Whose tentacles disagree

With the quality and quantity of care
Love demands in return for expanding horizons
In which she’s the key player whose flair
Dominates and dictates the zones

In which she receives affection in return
For the affection she bestows on me
To pour tons of affection into the urn
Where I’m forever indebted to see

Vast amounts of affection that nourish
Several critical aspects
Of emotional nutrients which burnish
The love I save from suspects

Too keen to take to flight
At the earliest demand love makes to protect her sanctity
In the face of the slight and plight
She lands sometimes when the care quantity

She gains proves too little
To justify sacrifices love makes to comfort
Me despite the brittle 
Vase I inadvertently crush in the fort

Where love hides the heart so often misunderstood
In contexts so complex
Brave love feels it’s high time she vacated the neighbourhood
Where partners find reasons their macho muscles to flex.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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Date: 6/29/2018 5:47:00 AM
John, another really interesting write!
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