“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is love.”
– Sophocles
“Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight.” – Diane Ackerman
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Double-edged
It is that soft
Underbelly tenderness
Of a first kiss
That first exploration
Of the one who made
My respirations shallow
My heart skips a beat
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It is the sharp edges of
Each parting
The tearing of
Heartstrings
The bottomless
Vacuum of
Separation
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Bisous,
Léa
Beautiful
Merci beaucoup! Léa
Derien I think is how you spell pardon my French lol
🙂 lol, tres bien!
Merci lol I love French it’s so beautiful, especially old French singers like jacque briel French is so beautiful
Mais oui! France is beautiful, I fell in love with it so much when I visited that I went back to California, sold my house and live here full time! The French are wonderful as well! 🙂
Wow how amazing French culture is like a breath of fresh air In contrast to the western world
The culture, the landscape, the people, the food… It just doesn’t get any better than this. As for the western world, I have no plans on ever returning.
I haven’t felt that for a long time, but you took me back to how amazing it feels xoxo
Ah, yes. I know those pangs of starvation… xoxo
You must be awfully busy as I haven’t seen a post in quite awhile! I hope you are well? xoxo
Can’t seem to have one without the other…but we keep trying!
Absolutely Cynthia!
Peaches and cream; as Cynthia said we cant seem to have one without the other. Two opposite feelings just beautifully and powerfully described. This is a fabulous poem,one of those with few words that say much!
Love xxx
Thank you so much Christine! Like a rose, love has its thorns.
Love
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Some almost too sharp to bear, but we bear them nonetheless! xxx
Yes. You said it all! xxx
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This was intoxicating! It took me right back to my first kiss, and first heartache of course. “Love is never without pain” excellent poem Lea 🙂 xx
Thank you Becka! I just write what I feel and cross the fingers it works. 🙂 xx
Beautiful Lea, I remember those days as a young thing where you felt every vibe. From the most intense to the heart break of being dumped. Love your take on it.
Thank you Kath! Life can be a bit of a roller coaster…
ah it is double edged… the intimacy and joy of falling in love…and then that bottomless vacuum when we have to part… it’s still worth it…over and over again