LOVE/LUST.

My dear friend alf challenged me to a numbers poem

Love

Lust

Both emotions

Love or lust.

Each a four letter word.

A physical endearment; a need to share, nurture.

Close to the heart

I know lust.

That very lust that cannot be tamed.

Love

To hold, to embrace, to have, to caress.

A love beating in sync;two hearts as one.

The shortest distance between two hearts is love.

An emotional yearning from the moment of birth.

A love that flows like a river.

Love, before love is washed away.

I know this feeling

Lust

That need, desire; she's mine

I expose her beauty I lust!

Make love

Warm my heart, save my soul, my love.

Love

Everybody  needs someone to love; Its lust that burns.

Reviews

[sereenaoutloud]

This is Brilliant AM, you will have everyone giving their opinion on this now... so here is mine lol ! I think they can be completely separate or go hand in hand! You can lust someone without loving them, you can love someone without lusting after them and when the 2 come together..soul mate!

[andrew mitchell]

how true you are oh perceptive one lol

[sereenaoutloud]

i do have my moments lol !!

[~]

Ahh, the selfless love and the selfish lust put on display. Well done my friend!! :)

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you MS

[nazia]

Alf gave you the challenge and I give you the award for writing such a lovely poem. Applauds... the comparison you put forward and the way you triumph love over lust is really wonderful... great job AM. Simply beautiful :)

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you nazia I was given 24 lines and each line has a limit of words as shown

[Jamestown]

Great job friend, this is well written and thought out!
Thanks for sharing and b-blessed!

[Isabel25]

Love doesn't burn you say? I still don't know where lust ends or love begins..And I still dont know if one can completely exist without the other. Sereena is right. U are definitely gonna get a lot of opinions on this :D

[andrew mitchell]

I only had 24 lines and each line had a word limit as shown. Thank you Annie

[alf]

Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi Andrew. I just knew you could do this. You have met the challenge so very well. Loved the flow, the imagery, the honesty, loved the whole Godamned lot of it!!! What else can I say. Its a beautiful, touching, tender write, that oozes passion and potency. Wow, I could just go on and on. This has become your ultimate, and with it, you have gained a whole new level!!! I am so envious, alf

[andrew mitchell]

Thank you alf your great review was much appreciated

[SleeplessVolcano]

This sounded like a waterfall cascading over an endless drop (lust) while also like the great expanse of an ocean (love).......you summed it up well, "everybody needs someone to love".....sadly, I wonder if most people do.......feelings often have a way to camouflage them as love, right? :)

[andrew mitchell]

thank you for your good imput my friend. glad you enjoyed

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Interesting flowing poem which may spark a debate on the veracity of lust as you portray it as nurturing? Both are indeed feelings side by side but in love is lust simply lust? Some interpretations of lust is that it is 'uncontrollable and completely unreasonable' whereas desire for a loved one is rarely so?

[andrew mitchell]

Hi john There is a fine line between lust and love and sometimes the two mould until one dies as in lust or moves to another stage of love. That's what I was trying to convey. Blame alf its his fault lol lol lol. When lust burns maybe that needs nurturing to branch out to expose what is love or just lust. Thank you John as I like your comments as always .:)