10/20/09
I really enjoyed this poem. I liked the way that he described love and looked at it in the light that it is pain, but we all love it anyway. In particular, i liked the last line, "This way at least you'll live." It's just saying that it's going to be a rocky ride, but at least you'll get to experience something.
The fist clenched round my heart
loosens a little, and I gasp
brightness; but it tightens
again. When have I ever not loved
the pain of love? But this has moved
past love to mania. This has the strong
clench of the madman, this is
gripping the ledge of unreason, before
plunging howling into the abyss.
Hold hard then, heart. This way at least you live.
"The Fist -." Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More. Web. 20 Oct. 2009.
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