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Love By Numbers
by Aaron BlairLove is chemistry, is math,
is the way one hand fits into another,
one life fits into another,
a plus sign reassembling itself into an equal.
You're the molecules I breathe,
the sun that burns itself into my skin.
The universe can't have you.
I'll hold onto you so tightly
that your matter will never change. 07/11/2008 Author's Note: Inspired by a poem by Don Campbell.
Posted on 07/12/2008
Copyright © 2024 Aaron Blair
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Emily Tong on 07/12/08 at 03:27 AM ..your matter will never change... beautiful verses - the title is especially awesome, but i also really loved the simplicity of each image |
| Posted by Anne Engelen on 07/14/08 at 09:53 AM Your title drew me in and what I found here surpassed all my expectations. Lovely poem!! |
| Posted by Meghan Helmich on 07/14/08 at 06:20 PM oh this is great, aaron. that last line..it's a killer. i guess i just can't get sick of love (passion, infatuation, unhealthy obsession..hah) poems. but only if they're fresh and alive and not weighed down by ordinary language and ideas and images. and you've achieved that. |
| Posted by Mary Frances Spencer on 07/15/08 at 04:54 AM MMMMM....nice! MFS |
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