not if, but always

i long for my eyes to see
the world as it is, for me
the world as you see it,
the world as it sees us,
i won't rob you of your fever,
i could cure, but only as i am,
with myself, has love ever cured
its own disease, the disease,
being love itself,
ever needed to be fixed,
has always been broken,
the world spins the way it does,
not for anything to stay,
but to live all the way,
between you and i, if it is so,
then, i'll live a little more


for you

Reviews

[redzone]

I like this poem Steph, to love is not to "fix", but because their "fever" and yours is spinning together and enjoying the wonderful company, mutually and equally shared.. what needs to be "fixed" is a world that spins in such a way that makes love itself its own disease... another point of view perhaps, but I think both saying "between you and i, if it is so,/ then, i'll live a little more/ for you." nice ending, but only to the poem...

redzone

[highonwords]

wow, thank you so much, curt, for the insightful review - you are right, my friend, love makes the world go 'round - interesting point of view - love is a condition where all positive attributes come to fruition - i believe - what is so sad about the ending, my friend?

best,
steph

[redzone]

sad?? ending sad?? hmmm, no just the opposite... the poem ends, but not the "spinning" or the "between you and I"... love as a "condition", my reply would be to sing some Diana Ross , "if there's a cure for this, I don't want it, don't call the doctor" (Love Hangover).. lol

sorry, don't want you to think I thought it was a sad ending... only sadness is the poem ended, so now you will have to write more...please ;0)

curt

[jacob erin-cilberto]

love seems ephemeral...and not sure it is a cure-all....it spins and we spin with it and hope our heart lands on its feet...but to love is to live...and no matter the duration...we get to live.

[highonwords]

wonderful insight, my friend - thank you so much :)

regards,
steph