Bad Love Gone Good

 

Standing in the middle of this rainstorm

is like feeling a thousand feathers falling against my skin

when I know heaven is breathing down my neck.

I never knew how good

an angel could be when she goes bad

till I tempted her with the purity of my lust.

Darkened clouds may dampen the earth

but we stay floating on drenched skin

by means of inflated sin.

So let the world drown in this epic storm,

we’ll use it as a chance to swim

into the darkest depths of love.

Reviews

[Hayley]

First off, I love the rainstorm compared to feathers. You really set us up for the whole "bad gone good" theme. I also liked "purity of my lust" because it's kind of a rough contradiction, isn't it? Daring.
The repetition of the clouds and the rainstorm followed by the "inflated sin" just really tie the second half of the poem with the first!
Excellent work, really! I appreciate poetry that focuses on one thing to express a complex idea, rather than one which dresses up with a ton of metaphors and mumbo jumbo.
Whenever I read your work, it's like I imagine you as a once epic song writer/rock star, only put into a different lifestyle :)

[kitty]

No harm in staking the bets and diving in , if you have the gall to do so. You can only die once so why not die happy eh!?

[SkinlessFrank]

you oughta consider putting this to music...i can almost hear it....

I never knew how good
an angel could be when she goes bad

a line becomes a classic

[The Analog Kid]

The title makes me feel like making a play on the Bad Co. song:) The contradiction worked perfectly!

[Ruth]

Oh hon, this is superb! Made me feel alive! You go through depths to rise out of them with pristine glorious elegance! xoxo

[Desert Dreamer]

This is a great water poem! Let it rain!!!

[Kenneth The Poet]

Nice work. Your short form is impressive, the message sticking one long after the conclusion is reached. Brilliant work, Dale.

Nice , great write~~~ I had to read it again slowly this time!!

[SM Davis]

DAMN DALE! gotta love that really good bad. :0) HOT

[MuSe Ampoule]

*applauds*
"I never knew how good
an angel could be when she goes bad
till I tempted her with the purity of my lust."
loved it! :)

[An owl on the moon]

This is a fiercely passionate write, combining the vision of the storm and two lives melting together. Emotionally stirring and sensual in every way.