EPHORIA
by creatingmemorieswithyou
It happened when I was browsing poems about love. My
first destination: Poetry Foundation. It sent me an email, its Valentine’s Day newsletter.
It’s not for the sake of feeling the day where love is more explicit to
families and couples. Reading is just my one way of expressing my feelings and
thoughts. I am not romantically in love, but that doesn’t mean I cannot relate
to a poem or tales involving cupid. There’s
always love within us, whether it is eros
(romance), storge (love for family), agape (unconditional love) or philia (a friendship love).
As I searched for possible poems that could strike my
innermost thoughts and emotions, after minutes of doing right click + Open link to New Tab, one poem easily passes to my conscious
state of mind. Unconsciously I got attached to it. I kept reading it for
several times, savoring its flavor and aroma. Honestly, I barely drink wine,
but the emotions and how I pictured every phrase in the poems gave happiness,
grief, almost all emotions a person can feel. So I decided to share it in my
blog. Others might not feel the way it hit me. It is because we interpret it
differently. There are poems to others that think it is merely a poem, but
there are others that it is the summary of their whole life, their emotions,
and innermost self.
So here it is…
I Love You
I love your lips when they’re wet with
wine
And red with a wild desire;
I love your eyes when the lovelight lies
Lit with a passionate fire.
I love your arms when the warm white
flesh
Touches mine in a fond embrace;
I love your hair when the strands enmesh
Your kisses against my face.
Not for me the cold, calm kiss
Of a virgin’s bloodless love;
Not for me the saint’s white bliss,
Nor the heart of a spotless dove.
But give me the love that so freely gives
And laughs at the whole world’s blame,
With your body so young and warm in my
arms,
It sets my poor heart aflame.
So kiss me sweet with your warm wet
mouth,
Still fragrant with ruby wine,
And say with a fervor born of the South
That your body and soul are mine.
Clasp me close in your warm young arms,
While the pale stars shine above,
And we’ll live our whole young lives away
In the joys of a living love.
