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LOVE CASTS US INTO THE ABYSS

“Love is the fire that lights the heavens and scorches the earth. It leaves nothing untouched. After visiting an exhibition on passion in Italian Renaissance art, I was struck by the intensity of love’s duality—how it uplifts and destroys all at once. That night, I wrote this.”

Love casts us into the abyss,

A dream of tomorrow’s bliss.

“You rise and ca

Cries the star, disgraced and free.

Love burns the heart, consumes the soul,

Leaving us less than whole.

It dries the body, quenches the flame,

And leaves us wandering, lost to shame.

Empty love, a shadowed thought,

A fortress of tears where hope is caught.

The sword of love, both iron and fire,

Breaks upon words of reckless desire.