In Affectionate Praise of Passion and Emotion

The writing celebrates the depth and humanity of intense passion and emotion.

In Affectionate Praise of Passion and Emotion

There is something I've been meaning to say to you

For the longest time, but was unable to voice until now

At your core you are completely vulnerable

And where others hold back

It is your custom to give full rein to the depth of your feelings

And to vibrate utterly and completely

Within that enormous wall of emotion which sloshes inside you

And it is from the honesty and intensity of these colors

That your character, deep and magnetic, attracts the sun

And the whizzing comets and the spiraling stars

Doing pirouettes at several million miles per hour

Hurtling past the light years of gaping jaws

Leaping across the stratosphere of possibilities

Then roaring past the red and black checkered prayer flags

Of God's Indie 500. That's how direct and in contact you are

With the earnest enormity of what you are able to express

In touch with infinite confines of a solitary hour

Or even the strawberry shortcake of a split second

And what's remarkable

Is your fearlessness. Others worry about how they will be seen

And regarded. You open up the trap door to Pandora's box

To invite us in for scones and bittersweet hot chocolate

And a telegram sent post haste to God's running shoes

Upon the strip-teasing break dance of day

As she releases herself from the blackened garments of night

I admit you are an acquired taste

And that not everyone fully appreciates

A world encyclopedia of passion

When they could have a hot tart quickie Thesaurus

Yet for those of us who want our coffee

Strong and without apologies for conviction

We are glad to peer into the thermos of your heart

And find you there, hot, steaming, and curiously sweet,

Ready and willing to share the fullest spectrum of all that you are

And so it has come to this

With a few crackling yellow and blood orange fireworks,

With a sparkling and shimmering line

Of morally upright chorus dancers

Kicking out their long legs in a yoga-like asana

We are blessed to know you in unforeseen ways, 

And ask only that you don't pour yourself into an ice tray

Or put a cork on your expression

Since this world is full of caution and restraint

Please continue to show us

What it means to live life without fear

To set an example of open-heart surgery

To reveal what it can mean

To love God without a single reservation

And shine with the radiance and brilliance

Wired into each one of us as children of the cosmos

And while it's true that your light switch has only two positions,

"On" or "Off",

I would not, even if I could,

Have you any other way.

(c) 2012    Darius Gottlieb     [email protected]    8:51 AM       August 2

Author's Note

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