Simply

by Melissa   Feb 8, 2012


I want for love to be wild
and intoxicatingly sweet-
a lilac haze of laughter,
the plumpest seed,
gentle, like those mornings after
two lovers mingled over kisses,
yet hungry, even ravenous for more

I want for love to sometimes become furious,
bare its teeth
and demand to be heard-
it should feel uncomfortable at times,
both foreign and home
on the same land-
its soil freshly plowed,
healthy,
and waiting to give birth

I want for love
to simply love me,
and let my roots dig in

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  • 12 years ago

    by A lonely soul

    Could not resist reading it at least 3 times before moving on to the next one..... then came back googly-eyed @_@ 8-], as I could not find a better love poem this week.
    Simply (as in the title) worded, but nevertheless arousing and unarguably sensual. Looks like penned when sick with a gut wrenching love-flu, on a rainy day, sitting indoors,....

    The choice of words here are from a connoisseur's diction, not overdone, just perfect, to portray the wanton feelings in love that one can imagine, from a woman's point of view.

    And to top it all it will make the unattached readers love-sick too, with Valentine's day just around the corner.

    Helpful diction for interpreting the magical words of the poetess, for the naive reader...... (from my love thesaurus :)

    Wild = a savage in love
    Intoxicatingly sweet= dates dipped in sweet white wine
    Lilac = a unique color seen only on the cheeks of women, when first in love.
    Plump seeds= Seeds from aphrodisiac plants (e.g. elecampane, vervain, and the berries of mistletoe), which balloon the heart.
    Ravenous= insatiable appetite like a pigs (pigs can really devour...)....for love
    Furious in love= high on aphrodisiacs
    Love= an obsessive compulsive disorder, like bulimia, can be only cured by abstinence.

    (Judging comment 2-12-12)

  • 12 years ago

    by Nicko

    So very descriptive with fantastic use of metaphor. At times this poem is both sensuous and a touch sexual, with its connection to the earth mother "Its soil freshly plowed, healthy, and waiting to give birth". Its almost like the first stanza outlined scene and the second painted the picture, but what really got it for me was the ending, which just pulled the whole piece together, giving further emphasis to the other two stanzas

  • 12 years ago

    by Yakari Gabriel

    This write has honestly left me breathless,I can't find words to say..
    its almost impossible to leave an insightful comment of this cause its "simply"
    too amazing. the word use was anything but complex,yet it was put in such an enchanting way
    that took away all the cliche-ness simplicity often brings with it.
    there is room for the reader to pull what they want out of this..
    my favorite was this;

    "I want for love to simply love me,"
    from that I gathered the idea that love has been harsh to the writer,
    you know how sometimes love just doesn't seem to like you? doesn't seem to find you?
    I love the sincerity of this, its like this is what it is, simply..

    "its soil freshly plowed,healthy, and waiting to give birth"

    I love that too,I don't know if here the writer meant
    "birth" as in innocence, or birth as always waiting to bring someting new
    but that phrase flowed so nicely..

    I just can't find any way to critique or to ramble on about this
    its just so damn beautiful.

    -

  • 12 years ago

    by Xionide

    This poem is amazing! in every sense of the word. what a way to describe how you'd want love to be. simply outstanding, there are no other words for it.

  • 12 years ago

    by Yakari Gabriel

    Oh my god

    What a sexy voice O.o