Love Poem: Surrender On Stormy Fronts
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Written by: Justin Debrosse

Surrender On Stormy Fronts

Love is a challenge
 
Love is raw in cinders
 
She places a barrier
 
As she poises for another
 
 
 
Anger is seething
 
So clearly embattled
 
I'm ready to call it off
 
Forbidding her companionship
 
On these gruesome terms
 
 
 
She says the future is uncertain
 
Writing me love notes from the sky
 
Wandering to me pitch after pitch
 
But still her past devotion
 
Blocks my entry
 
 
 
Caught in this triangle
 
Defenses are weighed
 
A sullen gambit turned mistake
 
I'm pressing to fight
 
Again as nature beholds
 
 
 
Still, her silent ecstasy unfolds
 
As she breaks down instinct
 
And resynthesizes
 
The portal of our love-
 
 
 
Once more
 
Im patrolling the battlefield
 
Announcing that we charge
 
or retreat
 
But finally, im left to silence
 
Her subtle pattering heart
 
Forges my surrender
 
On this stormy night
 


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