Forces of Nature

I don’t want love in
Droplets
Or little ripples
Lapping at my ankles

I want a tidal wave

I don’t want embers
Ashes or coals
Just enough
To ward off a chill

I want a bonfire

I don’t want pastels
Muted pinks
Dulled by too much
White

I want a screaming scarlet sunset

I don’t want halfway
Some or
Now and then
Qualifiers like

If, when, or but

I want
Completely
Absolutely and purely
I can’t live without you

I want
With all my heart
Don’t ever leave me
There could be no other

Raging, torrential,
Exquisite
Sharp, unrelenting,
Branding

I don’t see how you can
Call it
Love

Any other way

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happyflowerwordzoo002 Says:
August 16, 2010 at 1:36 am

Totally so understand, do not want love by half measure. Great poem. Really liked line of a ‘love’ just a lap at the ankles. I want that tsunami. Thanks for post.
An Imperfect Servant Says:
September 18, 2010 at 10:44 pm

You took the words right out of my mouth.
Absolutely beautiful.
Samanthamj Says:
December 1, 2010 at 5:36 am

I liked this. Thanks. You have very accurately and beautifully pin-pointed what so many of us want… and, it seems, only a few lucky ones actually have…
1writegirl Says:
December 1, 2010 at 8:42 am

Yes indeed…
medicatedlady Says:
February 23, 2011 at 2:08 pm

I don’t want halfway
Some or
Now and then
Qualifiers like

If, when, or but

……..YES! I love it when someone (you) expresses something in a way I never could. I don’t want qualifiers!!
1writegirl Says:
February 23, 2011 at 9:40 pm

If I only had a quarter for all the qualifiers I’ve heard over the years!
Leigh Binder Says:
September 3, 2011 at 1:34 pm

Ha!
You got what you wanted….
Now what?

Do you want for dinner?

Love
Me–

A Collection of Perceptions