Take me as I am!

To allow one to breathe freely...how gorgeous that must be

Breathing freely is always a good thing. Breathing heavy with someone else is so much fun too. ;) Thank you so much for reading and giving me your thoughts Tim. 💖xo

Be you, only you, BE STRONG BE BEAUTIFUL AND BE YOU
love this piece
Love and light
Ron x

Lovely message Ron. I love it! Thank you for bringing so much love and light always. You are awesome. :) I couldn't be anyone else even if sometimes I might want to be. Thank you so much for reading and giving me your thoughts. 💖xo

The only way you should go.

Loved "the ice that sometimes burns"
So true about any relationship.
At least mine for sure. LOL
The ups and downs. I do feel this poem.

It's the only way I know how so I suppose someone has to take me this way. lol There is no perfect relationship but kind of need the contrasts to challenge us and grow don't we? Definitely ups and downs in every relationship. Thank you so much for reading and giving me your thoughts, Adelphina. 💖xo

A declaration of an intimate tug of war and ultimately taking each other no matter what, a letter of love, of self and admittance… poetic

Hey NG, no doubt, an intimate tug of war - but at least it's intimate. lol But in the end we still need to accept each other as we are or it's not really going to work well. I am so happy you think it's poetic. I love that. Thank you so much for reading and giving me your thoughts.💖xo

I will always take you as you are.  Keep on writing.

Damn Francisco! That's such an awesome comment. I love that so much! Thank you for reading and giving me your thoughts. 💖xo

This write really struck home for me
To read all that need but giving at the same time is really uplifting
Its takes 2 to merge to make each other whole
Great flow and wonderful float

Total Win

BIG LIKE

RL AWARD

So happy it struck home. Lots of need and giving for sure in this one. Give and take. I love what NG said, an intimate tug of war - I can definitely identify with that. Letting your softer side show here PS, it definitely takes 2 to merge and make each other whole. We all need someone. I am so happy you liked this one and I love the BIG LIKE and RL. Thank you so much for reading and giving me your thoughts. 💖xo

Damn BP! be careful throwing around the M word. That word scares me. lol Thank you so much for reading and giving me your thoughts. 💖xo

Love the use of 'whom'....whither, whence and wherefore are favs too.... enjoyed your writing too...L

I will keep that in mind for the future BC, I will definitely have to use more of those. ;) I am really happy you enjoyed the writing too. Thank you so much for reading and giving me your thoughts. 💖xo

This is a lovely composition.

Hey Pittinix, it's so good to see you. I am really happy you liked it. Thank you so much for reading and giving me your thoughts. 💖xo

the ebb and flow of the poetic mind
thoughts that are concealed,
momentarily revealed.
like on the evening tide,
the waters are expected to rise and recede
so provides,
the germination of a moon guided seed.
is this not where love begins?
like the heart beat, filling as it restricts.
full circle, expressed in your pen.
the personification of your words...
is only human nature, 'tis what i heard.

beautiful words again i have read.

Ah, such beautiful poetry in your replies mystic. Definitely the ebb and flow of a poetic mind. I love the imagery of the ocean and the moon. Oh yes the heart fills with each beat. I am so happy you found it beautiful. Thank you so much for reading and giving me your thoughts. 💖xo

Hahaha, you're at that point, caught between a rock and a hard place. All of the others you could find ways to not reveal, to not fall in love. But this time some many more walls are crumbling, even though you resist. The same old lines, the same old reasons aren't holding up this time. Although you continue to see them as possibly another pitfall, trap, or virus, but then they have only proven themselves to be the healer, the cure, That light that wants to invade  your darkness, hahaha, so tight Lil X  

Damn that rock and a hard place is crushing. :p I like the resistance is futile message, that is so romantic I_IS_ME. I love everything you took from this. 'The light that wants to invade your darkness' - you've got me pegged. My darkness definitely resists or perhaps it just consumes the light and needs more. :p We thrive in darkness, don't we? haha. Loving the tight as always. Thank you so much for reading and giving me your thoughts. 💖xo

Hey, Kris!

You're fluently eloquent in presenting your earnest soul on this canvas.  To me, the very act of being alive at any moment is equivalent to writing poetry.    I note your dual stream of emphasis that travels throughout the poem in phrases such as "I always write you poetry,"/"What I think"/"I give warmly"/"whisper."  Because I also use such emphases in my work, I think I understand how much more you say by including them.  They actually add amplitude and articulation to your printed words, aligning them with the effects of speech.

Although you have not used a fixed metre, I am tempted to say your work is in blank verse (which is really unrhymed iambic pantametre).  It's the free-verse structure I want to emphasize, however, which mirrors the free spirit of someone searching and giving, but not certain of what the outcome will be.

There is a cut and thrust, ebb and flow tension/relaxation that seems to define the mood and message.  That swing is rather strong in stanzas 1 and 2, as a physical phenomenon.  But mental-emotional conflict comes across strongly in "You are pain and joy and sorrow/You are a gentle word and a virus."  I guess one has to admit that a virus (COVID-19, for example), is quietly invasive, but nonetheless destructive.  Truth is, though, a gentle word soothes and a virus invades.

Continuing, you use other contrasts like words versus thoughts, the one being tangible while the other is not; and there is the oxymoron of ice burning.  Sounds like the pain of love to me!  The object of your affection seems to be your opposite and yet you are helplessly drawn like the moth to the flame.  Perhaps you can fulfill the last of your oxymorons -- make the impossible possible!  The world would be blind not to take you just as you are; after all, with your selfless giving, you are everything desirable.

Sincerely
cab

Wow!, Deer in the headlights my dear cab. I am so honored by your beautiful words that I am truly at a loss for words for myself. Your comments are always so enlightening that to receive one is a gift that I appreciate so much. No doubt I will have to revisit this comment when I regain my words. Thank you so much for reading and sharing your thoughts with me.  💖xo

I am who I am, I can change but there are some core features for sure. I suppose he does have to accept the doubts and the questions that come along with the package. :) But yes there is no choice in friendship and love. The perfect imperfections make us who we are and sure there is no one perfect in the world. I love 'celebrating to be different and completing each other' absolutely. ... always together. Such a beautiful and romantic message Darkwords. Just beautiful. Thank you so much for reading and giving me your thoughts. 💖xo

Dear Kristina
This is wonderfully, deeply romantic.
I love these contrasts
"You are a gentle word and a virus
You are the ice that sometimes burns ..."
Bravissima beautiful  goddess, BD❣🌹

Hey GW, it's always so great to see you. I am so happy you love the contrasts and found it deeply romantic. All relationships have ebbs and flows and I tried to capture some of that in my writing. You are burning a nice glow on my face right now. Oooo I love 'beautiful goddess' so much ... :) 💖xo

love this it so true in so manu ways well done

Hey NB! Yes, I think everyone can relate to the intimate tug of war that happens in relationships sometimes. :) I am so happy you loved it. Thank you so much for reading and giving me your thoughts. 💖xo

Dear K,

I echo the above comments in the excellence of this poem. And to me, there was this confession like quality throughout the write. Prayer like. For my significant other to see through the walls I’ve built to protect myself from fear and insecurity.  As if these are all the emotions I’m trying to express but can’t say verbally, and afraid to show physically. Feeling stuck and desperate to be free of the restrictions I’ve placed on myself and share these passions but fear and trust are prohibiting this level of bliss. Amazing and provocative poem. H🌷

Hey Honoria! it's great to see you. :) There is definitely a confessional quality to this one, I may need to add that as a theme. ;) I think we all have walls we built to protect ourselves, especially when going through something traumatic. And definitely some things can be hard to express. Hopefully we can build trust and allow those walls to come down in order to fully experience passion and intimacy. I am really happy you found it amazing and provocative. Thank you so much for reading and giving me your thoughts. 💖xo

Good stuff here. The opening lines were very strong.

One teenie weenie critique?  The word virus stands out negatively.  It's too harsh for the heartfelt sentiment that your poem builds.  I fully understand the push-pull of the poem, you built it well. Yet using virus is like a break up word.  No?  Sort of like a poison.  
I mean no harm, I certainly like what you wrote.

Hi Styxian. It's nice to meet you. I am really happy you liked it overall. I also very much appreciate your critique, it helps me to get better. I can see your point that virus is a strong word that is typically very negative and I would not want that to detract from the balance of contrasts. I will have to think about a suitable alternative. Thank you so much for reading and giving me your thoughts. 💖xo

"the ice that sometimes burns ..." it's interesting because we sometimes like the burn, even when it hurts, like an addiction. Conflict, yes, but then again love and passion can be a complicated thing.

Excellent spill K.

That is so true Wally, sometimes we crave and need the burn, getting a dopamine hit from the chaos. Love and passion never come without some degree of conflict and it helps us learn and grow. Definitely like an addiction. I am really happy you liked my spill. ;) Thank you so much for reading and giving me your thoughts. 💖xo