Opposites

~ paeansunplugged

I am the cooling shower

To your raging fire

The calm sea

To your turbulent tsunami

An oasis of stability

To the shifting sands of your desert

The soothing, lilting lullaby

To your ear shattering rock music

The voice of rational reason

To your explosive emotions

The all embracing love

To your tumultuous passion

The quiet aftermath

To your tempestuous storm.

Know this

We may be different

But our acceptance and celebration

Of theses differences

With grace and candour

Make us unique.

31 thoughts on “Opposites”

  3. We may be different
    But our acceptance and celebration
    Of theses differences
    With grace and candour
    Make us unique……..
    Such beautiful lines ….it sums it all up so well🤗😄

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  6. I’m smiling away to myself here, I loved the ballads of the singer/songwriters, and she loved her loud heavy rock music 🎶
    “The soothing, lilting lullaby
    To your ear shattering rock music”

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  7. opposites do attract but its even more passionate when minds blend! I love your poem it speaks on a different level of consciousness to me this morning. the things I love about a person is so different from who I am, like fitting unsolved puzzle pieces. Accepting a person for who they are is important, I don’t want to ever change their essence , it is beautifully fragrant to me. how lovely that you feel the same way too.

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    1. So glad it resonates with you this morning! Our lives are made so much better when we come across like-minded people but we become truly enriched when we embrace and celebrate those who are unlike us. For that requires an effort on our part. They do enhance the meaning of life if we give up the notion of making them like us.
      Indeed it brings a smile that you think so too.
      Thank you so much Gina. Have a lovely day ahead.

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      1. you too my dear, your comment is a lovely extension of your poetry and your heart. embracing differences is never easy and can seem fake, but yes we must try as much as we can. we do learn from all these, life is a good teacher. so glad we connect!

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      2. I had replied to your comment earlier in the day but my phone has been acting up and the reply has disappeared. Embracing differences in the people we love is difficult because we try to change and mould them. If we love them because of the differences acceptance becomes easy. Life does try to teach a lot but at times some pupils need more time than others.
        I am glad too for this connection, Gina.

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      3. I am probably totally non-pragmatic about this or an idealist but I think we should love a person for who they are not what we think we can make them become to suit us, it’s probably moot and I would lose the case but I would like to think I love generously. HAHA I know about those pupils indeed! Patience my friend!

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  8. So love the use of metaphors here as you balance the yin and yang of the relationship. Opposites do attract and when both parties accept and embrace them with such verve as you have penned, then they have to create the most beautiful bond. An awesome deliver of the prompts, my friend. 🙂

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