LOVE'S ANGER

“He who angers you conquers you.” - Elizabeth Kenny 

This week, Poets and Storytellers United has as its theme “Anger as a (Healthy) Fuel. Generally anger is seen as a negative feeling (after all it is one of the deadly sins!). However, anger in small doses can be beneficial or at least act as stimulus for generation of positive feelings… Here is my take on it:

Love’s Anger

Jealousy is the lover’s greatest fault and loath,
And rightly, anger in the beloved will engender.
Frigid indifference is quite the opposite of both
For in each lover’s heart, an icy apathy will tender.

A little anger is the spice of love
For lovers’ petty quarrels quickly go,
And soon again a kiss will rise above
The clash, and love renewed will glow.

If love to hate has turned,  it grows, it hasn’t died,
For love and hate, faces of the same gold coin;
Anger and peace both coexist, they lie side by side
And in the end again lovers will love and join.

Beware the silence, and indifference’s groans
For they’re the ugly beasts that love consume:
They chew it up, and spit out its barest bones,
Leaving behind loneliness, heartbreak and gloom…

A little anger is the spice of love
For lovers’ petty quarrels quickly go,
And soon again a kiss will rise above
The clash, and love renewed will glow.

Here’s the poem set to music and you can find all my music in my “Otidorchestre” channel or listen to it on YouTube, Spotify,  Amazon, Deezer, Flo, Pandora, and other music sharing sites.