Love Poem: A Mortal Love
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Written by: Claire Pletcher

A Mortal Love

what silent love could capture the attention of the stars?
what passionate force could rival all of the cosmos?
what earthly bellows of joy could shake the planet? 
what perfect love could last?
what souls could dance the borderless dance of true love?
the sun and moon perhaps 
the stars and wisps of clouds assuredly
no pair of mortal souls 
as complex as the dawn 
whose feelings are as short-lived as such 
could remain afloat in the rolling sea of ardent intimacy
whose tides are high and whose storms are billowing
what temporal pair could face such a threat?
perhaps one whose love sends shudders through the seas 
falters through the very plates of the earth 
whose dance entertains the watching eyes of the moon
whose proclamations of faith scare the morning fog 
yet still
the earth's tears of rain shall fall 
for she has watched this same force collapse a million times before