A Dark Love Is Our Fire Poem by ari' anna arena
A Dark Love Is Our Fire
'Love is a fire
& I am wood.'-Rumi
A dark love
is our fire
Seduction
how like
perfection
or lightning
leaving sky
All heat
and light
You are wood
I am root
Sparks
split apart
by desire
Penetrated
by flame
and fire
Sanctuary
and
anarchy
this love
Impetuous
and intense
All flame and
fragrant aperture
Deep
Tree
into
wood
Natural
cut up
made
useful
Together
born
opening
cutting
All brilliant
and bent
crying out
Some
say love
is like
being burnt
when one
finds
the possibility
of it
Like a weight
unknown until
the release of it
Lighter than air
brighter than flame
or exotic wood
meant to be
chiseled
carved
pared down
penetrated
broken apart
aroused
Or burned into
the periphery
of a world
or a circle
Each
invisible
shattered
edge
Imagine
the heat
of it
Love is a
dark forest
Full of wood
and flame
It's nice to see Rumi's wisdom personified in verse.
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4/23/2024 11:19:56 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Dear AAA A Dark Love Is Our Fire, is one of your best. Or at least it conjures up powerful images in my heart that ache so human. Seems like I got close to that beauty with you once....Hey, I know its all for the best, just miss you as lovers miss the sensation of being held long after the glow is gone. I'm glad you're still my distant friend and hope you keep writing til the end of time. Phillip