Keep the lights on
Love is not to be resisted
but it must be thoroughly controlled
or it might bolt destructively,
ignore all limits of all sense and decency
and finish itself off,
which is the last thing we desire.
Better then to keep it glowing,
not exploding into open fire
but to keep us warm in quiet peace
avoiding turbulent eruptions
to instead remain a lasting comfort;
for if love does not import longevity and health
it hardly is a love that will do any good,
but fizzle, like a match that broke
instead of catching fire to spread light
to others also and not only to ourselves.
Poetry by Christian Lanciai
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Written on 2007-06-01 at 09:53
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