Love Poem: Floatation Device
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Written by: Susan Woodrow

Floatation Device

From the first filling nascent puff
love’s breath buoyed a ring, filial…
 
Onward floating where the hearts go
and hands cling during a stormy sea ~ 
To lift the sinking 'n offer benevolent 
anodyne alms easing terrors of aqua
threatening to drown in bereavement ...

Inflated again, waits for a tsunami
on which to ride to placid scenario…

New waves toss and turn till benign ~

Deflated many times when pierced,
ended ties that stabbed once/twice… 

Voyaging closely, my true two of luv…
In their re-inflating exhales, have I
come afloat again to remain kinetic
evermore, as their floatation device ~

(8/21/2022 - For 'The Meaning of Love' Contest)