Love is the Storm

the fierceness of love

      Love is not courageous
Courage accommodates choice
Do I fight or do I flee
 

      Love is not noble

Nobility favors title
Am I king or prince or peasant

 

        I am the seawall that holds back the surf
        I am the mountain defending your turf

        Mountains have no choice

        Seawalls are not kings
      

      Love is the sword I fall on
Love is the hill on which I die
Love is the storm
And the storm am I

Author's Note

A friend said to me in conversation "love is courageous". It stuck with me awhile and I thought "love is not courageous...you have no choice when you love someone...there is no option of not loving or protecting or guiding them."

Reviews

[Costa Siwale]

A wonderful piece, love with many faces, many states and who can truly claim to interpret it?
Well written

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and when we are caught in that storm....we get caught in a flood of feelings, a flight of electricity...
a wind that blows our heart every which way....
and eventually we come to rest surveying the damage and wondering if we had enough insurance to rebuild our heart.

[andrew mitchell]

Lovely write. Yes love has many levels, it protects it nurtures but true love is unconditional, you just have to own a dog to see that love.

[Sami Khalil]

Never thought about it that way; you have a unique way of looking at it.
You raise some good points.

[John the Baptist]

On the other hand, there are different kinds of love. The kind I am thinking of casts out fear.

[Ken e Bujold]

I wholeheartedly agree with your author's note nj. Love is many things, as you so convincingly write of.

and as an aside, the act of staying in love, if anything is an act of contrition.

My first read, well enjoyed, will be back

ken

[nj coleman]

Thank you Ken. I look forward to reading your work as well. Neil