Downpours

love is pain personified

waiting with baited breath to steal me from my feet

i tumble and roll

losing ground

love gouges my eyes and tears out my heart

numbing agony screams

sadness weeping

all is taken -

love pours sunlight

warm rain

gentle balms to my wounded soul

the other side of the same

pain and joy

happy and sad

love my pain

love my joy

in its entirety.

Reviews

[David Michael]

It is interesting how often pain and joy be blent in the context of love. I even wrote a poem that said that. Apparently there's something to the idea! Ha... Anyways, I really like it. The juxtaposition of the two opposite yet complementary feelings. Love really is an amazing force, isn't it?

[Jeremy Baker]

What a fantastic opening line - it grabs the reader by the throat and throttles them from there! I've been in this place - and clearly so have you. I hope the situation changes, but not your ability to rock the reader with your writing!

[KAREN]

Great write, I show the show of emotions. It has great flow and real meaning.

[Inyourshadow]

Love is full of cliches as is life so here's to never being afraid to speak them aloud, I loved the depth of emotion and the feeling of love and loss, you capture what so many have experienced and bore witness to. Keep em' coming

[Poetic Beauty]

This is how it feels when the end of a relationship is near. It is this deep pain that won't go away and in a way we have to grieve the loss of someone we love even though they are still alive. I love the ending of this poem and the openness in which you speak.

[EMF]

Wow. Just Wow. Stunning. Powerful and bare. And while not one to pick a fight here with other reviewers (That's code for 'I'm picking a fight here') far from Trite, Cliched, or a Piece of Crap. Some of the imagry such as 'Love gouging at eyes' will stay with me a long time. No damn point in not voicing my view, or failing to agree with anothers. I liked it. Not my favourite one of yours, but favouriteism is subjective. Still damn good

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

an excellent write, at least you exhibit feeling and emotion unlike C.V. who is incapable of such.

[Kat Collins]

Ouch, C.V. That's a bit harsh....this was a very old piece that I thought I'd share. Sometimes cliched and trite is simple enough and warranted to express a thought. It doesn't always have to be big words and high-minded, snobbish words and ideas. Sometimes the worn-out phrase says it best. Cliched and trite I may be, but I made my point. Thanks for provoking the thoughts!

[Chris]

This further defines Cupid's arrows.

Chris

[Eagle Cruagh]

Lily Mae said it. Love is powerful and
balances the abuses that are often
mistaken for love.
----- Eagle Cruagh