Love is as Strong as Death

My desire is boiling molten lava

it erupts when the taste

of your name slips through my thoughts

It is contrary to what I have believed

I have been struck by its arrow

and the curse     and it's shaft drives deeply

I have fought the thoughts

but they crush me like the arms of a man

I am powerless before them

and it's flow is towards you

unwanted or not they dominate me

like the curse    that was given upon exile

from it's face

and has struck the hearts of all womankind

I have held it at bay for so long

embanked      unable to flow freely

You have torn down the dam

I know not how         I am engulfed drowning

I seek to stem    it's flow

redirect it's course       but it sears me

It has awakened me from a dead sleep

I know not if I will allow it to stay

as I am powerless in the face of it

For I know it's source       and it's end

will flay me alive as a pyre

Those so consumed are driven by it's mind

and I know it means my death in exchange for life

I desire the smoke of it 

to drive you away            as the animals 

flee before a fire in the forest 

but I hope you will face it down 

and put it out and release me 

You have undamed something

beyond my control      without the walls

and shields that were built

to keep such a thing contained

and confined          but I am fascinated

as I look upon it like a child

I want to touch it and abandon caution

I am afraid      of it

its as the floodgates of heaven

and can never be fully emptied

a fine scalpel has pierced my heart

and it bleeds      even as it continues to beat

a pain I think only women can know

banked embers have ignited a wildfire

and my heart is engulfed in it's flames 

Never have I felt such overwhelming

powerful emotion , All I have felt for

man is that gentle affection easily put

down        as easily as eros . Why is this

so threatening that I am unable to resist

bowing before it ...and it's flow remains

unabated         I have waited to see if it will

ebb      but it's constant          with an ebb

I think I could defeat it          but do I want to 

Nothing on the planet         compares to it's presence

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