A thorough piercing of the heart
Or a slow mend to a previous wound?
What reward awaits the eager traveler
On the road to love?
Love can be
Pity united with meaning.
Stinging to faith.
Naturally weighty in its burden.
Deep Red in its reward
or light blue in its touch.
Clouded with doubt yet merciless
Love may be given as an afterthought to seduction.
But this is corrupted seduction
And not the achievement of great thought.
The love returned from seduction is sensual.
Is love a reward for passions
Struggling with the senses?
Passion is in a tug-of-war with long-term love
Because of their differences.
They exist together in a parallel bond or
Perpendicular lines.
Raindrops are love-like
Spreading dewy tentacles as they hit
The concrete and join together
Running down a slope
To form a larger pliable puddle.
Lust and love are ferocious combatants.
Lust is stronger, inconceivable, innocent and free.
Lust has more resources but they deplete easily.
Love wins.
It is a fearless steady arrow without drag.
Love is a permissible achievement
That travels on a plateau.
It seeks to be apart from Passion and lust.
It weakens the knees and normalizes the strong.
Unbent to your will it can cause pain.
But unyielding resourcefulness is what is given
In return.
Mark David Jordan, 1995, Revised 2010
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