Beginnings

A recipe to cooking love.

I could so easily fall

but that would be the end

of my protection.

The beginning of my rejection.

Soft curves, bright eyes

brilliant mind and smile

I shield my heart, my soul

and give you my kindness.

I hope the warmth

will slowly build

to a bonfire of passion

and melt us both; forging love.

Our love will be a

frog sitting in a

warm pan of water

awaiting the boil.

Author's Note

I always seem to overwhelm the women I fall in love with. Always been an all or nothing kind of guy but have learned over the years I need to back off, to just let things happen.

Reviews

[Mockingbird]

it turns a woman off when the man comes on too strong and is too schmaltzy. you're right, you will be rejected.

[Mark]

'will be' is really not the right phrase... :P thanks M :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Hey you and me too Mark. except I never learned! The final stanza was a shock with the image of the frog. very sureal!

[eglantine]

... welp not sure what is going on with that last paragraph... does not seem romantic or love-lorn at all to me. More like the witch in the gingerbread house kind of a deal. Perhaps foreshadowing? thanks for sharing nonetheless! lol You def caught me off guard

[Mark]

Love should be a slow boil that consumes us. But there is a dark side to it. The frog may sit happily in the water never aware that it is being cooked.

[eglantine]

ok i see lol i thought that was maybe what you were going for

[Claire Twinn]

Great writing and way to start out in a relationship. I worry about that frog though- won't he jump out if things get too hot? (or is that the idea?)

[Mark]

Heehee that might be an 'americanism'.... You can boil a frog by sitting it on a pan of lukewarm water and slowly increasing the heat, the frog will never notice that it is being boiled, or so the theory goes.

[Mia]

"will slowly build
to a bonfire of passion"
There is something beautiful about taking your time with love. Baby steps. You get all eventually it just takes time to build the trust required to no longer have to shield your heart and soul. Wonderful poem Mark!

[Stanley Wilson]

outstanding love poem you said it all

[Coyote Poetry]

A very nice poem of love. Good when love is being birth. Mind and heart come alive and is content. Thank you for the outstanding poem of love.
Coyote