#Love is a war - rico

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unkempt briar
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*Pride kills, my dear,
You know it as well as I do,
That love is a war,
But I’m not in the mood to fire shots
And see hearts torn apart along my path,
Like a red carpet,
Only... prettier.

Don’t be afraid to prove yourself,
Love is a war, my dear,
And you know it better than anyone.
Is there a problem with loving?
Or do you plan to destroy our hearts
With this foolishness of holding back
Out of fear of feeling?

You're a damned bomb,
That explodes in my mind with emotions that swarm.
Oh, how sweet, but don’t cause me harm,
I hate to bleed, I find peace in your charm,
I only heal with poems, that's my balm.

You know that I love you, my love,
But you also know that love is a war,
And that’s why you pretend not to love me too.
Lower your weapons and let me cross the borders,
So we can declare two winners
In the war of love,
For both will set aside their pride and fear
And allow themselves to love.*

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Love is a war - rico

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young gust
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What an emotional punch! It’s like a rollercoaster of love, where pride dominates the beloved, impacting the relationship between the speaker and the one they love. The metaphor of love as a war has a huge impact on the poem, portraying love as a battlefield and showing that dealing with this feeling isn’t easy. In the first stanza, the pride and fear of the beloved are presented as the main enemies of the story.

But I’m not in the mood to fire shots
And see hearts torn apart along my path,
Like a red carpet,
Only... prettier.

Here, the speaker expresses the desire to be reciprocated, but also the fear of directly committing to a love that is afraid to feel. The "red carpet" represents the broken hearts that would result from this unreciprocated love, making the pain even more significant due to the depth of affection involved. This leads the speaker to question whether the beloved is holding back their feelings out of fear of getting hurt, acknowledging that they understand better than anyone the conflictual nature of love. The speaker highlights the need for a choice: to surrender to the battle and experience the love between them, or to be overwhelmed by fear and lose the love, emphasizing the emotional honesty and the desire for the beloved to reciprocate.

The emotions here are so intense and profound that you can almost feel the speaker’s agony in loving someone this way. The comparison to an "emotional bomb" underscores how these feelings are intense and almost visible. The poems serve as the speaker’s only source of healing, providing a poetic and beautiful relief, acting as a release valve where their emotions, transformed into words, gradually heal them from this emotional war. Simply impressive!

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The ending is wonderful and my favorit part!
You know that I love you, my love,
But you also know that love is a war,
And that’s why you pretend not to love me too.
Lower your weapons and let me cross the borders,
So we can declare two winners
In the war of love,
For both will set aside their pride and fear
And allow themselves to love.

When the speaker declares their love and acknowledges that the beloved also loves them but pretends not to due to the difficulties of this love, which is depicted as a war. The appeal to "lower the weapons" and "cross the borders" suggests an attempt at a ceasefire, a desire for both to face this battle together, declaring both as final winners. Thus, they can finally surrender to love and stay together, ending the emotional war.
I loved the honesty and passion you conveyed here, it's incredible and full of feeling as always!! SaberSaysPretty SaberSaysPretty

icy hull
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I really love how you convey the emotions in your poems. And hey! I see improvement! Great job RICO

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