Love Poem: And Then Are Times
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Written by: Andrea Dietrich

And Then Are Times

When Love comes pounding on a drum,
      it comes on strong and fast and hard
                until two hearts in synch beat passion's song.

Sometimes love comes clanging down the tracks.
       It clashes or it clamors to be heard,
                so at its crossing, meaning is obscured.

Other times, love lurks or it attacks.
      Unrequited, love can pierce or burn
               until its ventricle turns deathly black.

And then are times love gently climbs
      or eases sure-footed to one's door
              or sweetly seeps and saturates the soul.

It's strong and yet it's soft.
       It doesn't sting or snip. It listens
              and reverberates the whispers of the heart.

Oct. 10, 2016