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LOVE COMES AFTER FIRE
love comes after fire, baby,
and tests the mind
and holds the heart
like a tight fist
and makes one look
for sparks among the embers
love is a kind blanket
in the wake of passion
and a kind eye
to what one didn't see
and couldn't know
love carries and holds
and gives and takes
in equal measure,
a truce that binds
one's heart to mind
and mind to eye
love is the prize
and the price
too high for many
and tests the mind
and holds the heart
like a tight fist
and makes one look
for sparks among the embers
love is a kind blanket
in the wake of passion
and a kind eye
to what one didn't see
and couldn't know
love carries and holds
and gives and takes
in equal measure,
a truce that binds
one's heart to mind
and mind to eye
love is the prize
and the price
too high for many
Published 22nd Mar 2021
Author's Note
For Grace's love comp.
All writing remains the property of the author. Don't use it for any purpose without their permission.
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Hi, javalini
I like the concept expressed in this piece -- the idea of love being "the prize
and the price."
It reminds me of the fact that life/experience is the journey, the process, rather than the destination, the product.
Well done! I wish you well in the comp.
Sincerely
cab
I like the concept expressed in this piece -- the idea of love being "the prize
and the price."
It reminds me of the fact that life/experience is the journey, the process, rather than the destination, the product.
Well done! I wish you well in the comp.
Sincerely
cab
22nd Mar 2021 4:06pm
22nd Mar 2021 3:39pm
Sadly, those last few lines capture the truth of love, more oft than not !
Love the fire in your write...🔥
Love the fire in your write...🔥
22nd Mar 2021 4:20pm
Thank you so much, shadow, for reading and commenting.
Kind words that make my day.
Kind words that make my day.
22nd Mar 2021 7:28pm
23rd Mar 2021 4:03am
23rd Mar 2021 2:42am
23rd Mar 2021 4:06am
Thanks so much, Blurry, for reading and for commenting.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
