Love/Fear No. 27
When asked what their greatest love was, this person answered: “Creating a heaven on earth with those I care about.”
In regard to their fear, they wrote: “Not finding a heaven in the afterlife.”
Heaven was the recurring element, and that is what the poem grew out of.
To me, it speaks to an aspiration and a hope for something good. Something beautiful and redeeming.
I tried to stay true to that lofty drive and noble disposition.
Doing that inspired me! So, thanks for those answers, whoever you are.
This was certainly a fun one!
"move the wooden house
of every book I know.
I’ll lift up every painting
with colors of the truth."
Loved the way you played around with framing the ideas in here.
Glad you liked it!
After I wrote the opening 2 lines, it really kind of set the stage for everything else in the poem.
This has inspired the curiosity and wonder of my inner child--which is always very realistically present, but drudged down below the surface a bit the past 2 days. That child just took a deep sigh of relief. 🌞
Send her my regards! That is very meaningful to hear. Happy that it had that effect. :)
It’s behind the wooden house of books… I loved this!
Hehe, could be! Thank you, Rostislava.
Beautiful lines! I admire the way you utilize figurative expressions to create wonders like this.
Aww... Thank you so much, Pleasant. That means a lot!
It is a fun and meaningful challenge to let the language take me where it wants to go.
This really conjured the endless search for me
What a meaningful comment. Thank you, Dahlia!
What a wonderfully whimsical bit of verse!
Hehe, glad you liked it, erniet! The language does include a fair bit of whimsy...
Those are three words I am very happy to have connected with this poem. Appreciate it, Nadia!
When asked what their greatest love was, this person answered: “Creating a heaven on earth with those I care about.”
In regard to their fear, they wrote: “Not finding a heaven in the afterlife.”
Heaven was the recurring element, and that is what the poem grew out of.
To me, it speaks to an aspiration and a hope for something good. Something beautiful and redeeming.
I tried to stay true to that lofty drive and noble disposition.
Doing that inspired me! So, thanks for those answers, whoever you are.
This was certainly a fun one!
"move the wooden house
of every book I know.
I’ll lift up every painting
with colors of the truth."
Loved the way you played around with framing the ideas in here.
Glad you liked it!
After I wrote the opening 2 lines, it really kind of set the stage for everything else in the poem.
This has inspired the curiosity and wonder of my inner child--which is always very realistically present, but drudged down below the surface a bit the past 2 days. That child just took a deep sigh of relief. 🌞
Send her my regards! That is very meaningful to hear. Happy that it had that effect. :)
It’s behind the wooden house of books… I loved this!
Hehe, could be! Thank you, Rostislava.
Beautiful lines! I admire the way you utilize figurative expressions to create wonders like this.
Aww... Thank you so much, Pleasant. That means a lot!
It is a fun and meaningful challenge to let the language take me where it wants to go.
This really conjured the endless search for me
What a meaningful comment. Thank you, Dahlia!
What a wonderfully whimsical bit of verse!
Hehe, glad you liked it, erniet! The language does include a fair bit of whimsy...
Those are three words I am very happy to have connected with this poem. Appreciate it, Nadia!