the bending of love

the bending of love

elasticity

stretching my patience so thin

yet the ties won't break

erin-cilberto

2/23/16

Reviews

[h d e rushin]

the announcer on the NFL network was explaining the Detroit Lion's defense by saying it is a "bend but don't break defense". I question his logic of a team that won only six games all year. Parts of love
bend (and I love the analogy to elasticity) but don't ever break. Stretches at the seams when the
first powerful crisis comes a calling, but never completely breaks. The power of love is strong
Isaac Hayes use to say....

great poem my friend..dana

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you dana...i wish it were always true...i have been in enough relationships where it did break...but that is why friendships are so treasured...those rarely do...even when tested.

and usually the love of family is like that....exception for being a sibling.

thanks for your words and yes, i remember that, talking about the Lions defense bending but not breaking. But i questioned that very same logic.

[Corset]

This reminds me of the move "The Mexican" with Julia Roberts, when is enough finally enough? I love this one Jacob, love bends, never breaks, but can you wear it thin?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, that is so true, Corset....thank you.
j.

[Lydia Shutter]

Some ties are not meant to be broken....even if we think we want to break them. We keep going back for more...and if that is not love perhaps it is self hate....there is a thin line. Another great senryu. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, such a thin line...thank you for your review, Lydi...

j.

[Einstein Noodle]

makes me think of those plastic rings holding 6 pacs together ... they just keep stretching ... difficult to break ... takes a great deal of effort ...pity the madness eh!? love the title and classic senryu form ... the foible of inability to let go ... if we havent suffered it ..i guess we dont know love :}
E.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

so true, thank you for your words, E.

j.

[Érenn]

Sorry if I sound too excited but this is one of the BEST if not the best work of yours that I have ever come across. Just when I think I have made progress with brevity you come along and share something that raises the bar in terms of impact and feelings packed in these simple, short lines. Yeah they really don't break, perhaps maybe that's because there's also part of our heart which is secretly busy strengthening it so that it can last the strain without even us realizing. They say feelings can change in a matter of seconds, maybe the strings are forged and strengthened in those seconds as well. So that when times really get bad, those small modifications end up helping the string from not snapping. Again it's just my take ^^

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind review, Errenn...

j.

[alifeacoustic]

Just when we think there is no more love to give, we find those strings of the heart just keep on going, despite the pain of the past, they only play for the now. Beautifully captured in so few words Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, alife.

j.

[andrew mitchell]

haha yes J the ties don't break they just fray a little. Brevity at its finest. great write!

[Troy Henson]

i often wonder whats makes loves ties so strong Jacob?? Yes you are right...stretched so thin yet the ties just won't break. It seems that love has us all tied up as no matter how much we know that we should just let go we can't as there is something with love that has us hanging on.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

even when we know better, we just keep stretching the limits yet we stay....so insightful your words are, Troy....thank you.

j

[gabrielle]

Oh, in some way love is like a rubber. Short yet full of meaning.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your kind words, gabrielle.

j.

[NeiL ArandA]

Compromise and accommodate someone's capriciousness does stretch us to our limits. But love like ties that holds and unbuckled.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

love your insights, Neil...thank you.
j.