“A cat’s eyes are windows enabling us to see into another world.” – Irish Saying

I will post one more romantic, loose poem before I move back into something more concrete. Mostly because of the note Edward (not -my- Edward) left on my Stifled Serenade poem where he mentioned the raw pain of love. I actually wrote a poem specifically about that very thing, here is:

3rd Degree

An ache so persistent, it rips, it tears, it scars,
Like the pressure of a burn, searing the layers
Of skin—so thin and fragile. The sensation
You cause scorches my heart. My desire inspires
Each heated moment blistered on my brain.
Exquisite pain at each touch, such a pleasurable
Hurt following your words. Your love drowns
And suffocates me. It stings my lips and smarts
My eyes, leaving me unfocused and dazed,
Completely amazed at the power of my passion.
Every effervescent lyric and sugary rhyme could
Never define the feeling invoked in my soul. Only
Pain so sweet and real could stand the test of time.
For every soul has felt the extraordinary tenderness
Of a fresh bruise, intensely purple and swollen,
Demanding constant attention and divorcing any warring
Thoughts within the mind. Your gentle affection infects
Me with an incurable ache. No remedy exists for my
Heart. And so I am destined to suffer a love so hot
It singes the very edges of my life. Even your body
Entwined with mine, your soothing touch cannot
Cool the ardor consuming my soul. Your breath
Merely feeds the raging fire in my heart. I am charred
And bleeding in your hands. The masochism of my
Emotion overpowers me to ever let you go since
You are branded on my heart forever more.