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Butterfly Effect in Love
by Victory Lee Schouten

"How does anyone make it together
for fifteen years?" she asked.

I told her what I know.

That the best way is by leaping together
into the deepest black water.

The best way, is by putting it all on the table.
Risking more then we can stand to lose.

Do that, and life throws a party in your honor.

Throw aside dark fears,
and lay your most shameful secrets
into the hands of your lover.

Then river otters will slip and slide
down delicious muddy banks,
wetly singing songs of praise.

Accept with gratitude
the weakness and the beauty
of the sacred fool you love,

and writers in Amsterdam and Topeka
will suddenly know the perfect
ending for their story.

Do these things, and Brazilian schoolgirls
will break into spontaneous sambas
across hot cement playgrounds,

Do this, and ranchers in the lower valley
will bring home all lost calves
well before nightfall.

© Victory Lee Schouten


When you see this, post poetry on your journal. said pnh

Comments

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

This is a lovely poem. Thank you.

[tamiam.livejournal.com]

It's one of my favorites of all time.

[marykaykare.livejournal.com]

Oooh. I once described to a friend how, in the early stages of my relationship with Jordin, every time I found out or realized a bad thing about myself I told him as soon as possible. The friend thought it was a test, but I I saw it more like this.

MKK

[tamiam.livejournal.com]

It's how I would be if I were with somebody. It's all or nothing. Perhaps life is a test, and someone you'll be seeing every day should be able to deal with all the parts, but it doesn't mean it's exactly testing them all the time.

This poem almost made me cry when I first read it, because it tells me of what is possible in a relationship - would that we all could be this open and honest with ourselves.

[amy-thomson.livejournal.com]

Wow! That was great!

[tamiam.livejournal.com]

I like your hat icon. Nice smile, too.