The Loverʻs Paradox
Embers of Depth & Desire
Like a slumbering flame awakening into breath
A yearning stirs, raw yet tenderly, and consumes the lover
For love melts the boundaries lingering close to death
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Drawing the divine from depths, to where soul and body coalesce
Begging to be received, reclaimed, and restored by another
Like a slumbering flame awakening into breath
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Aching to be met and known where the soul lies raw beneath
Unfurling wholly to surrender for nightʻs embrace to smother
For love melts the boundaries lingering close to death
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Flesh trembles in bliss, learning unrest between life and death
As giving seeks pleasure, and pleasure feeds upon the lover
Like a slumbering flame awakening into breath
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Facing a vertex where life and loss entwine in exquisite depth
Self dissolves in being sanctified and undone by wonder
For love melts the boundaries lingering close to death
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The hunger rises, unyielding, like a flame expanding in its own breath
Pleasure folds flickering light and shadow, as desire meets surrender,
Like a slumbering flame awakening into breath
For love melts the boundaries lingering close to death.
About the Creator
Pōlani Monderen
Modern-day nomad attempting to share experiences through writing in a natural, unhindered way; leaving only footprints of ink wherever I wander.
Author and illustrator of "The Elements: A Poetry Journal" by Wick House Publishing.



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