Elements

philos-->air
storge-->earth
eros-->fire
agape-->water

My earth, my stability,
my rock and security.
You shoulders have lifted me
above the flood so many times
and given me a safe place to lie
when the world is imploding.
A familiar love,
the fondness due to the first faces ever seen
the affection that comes from finding each other together
by chance.
You're my earth love, my storge love.

My air, my breath,
my silence and my laugh.
Your arms have carried me from death to life
and given me solace from the darkness I seem so attracted to.
Sharing a common bond,
the companionship that exists just because you "get" me--
whatever that means--
being able to breathe when I'm around you.
You're my air love, my philia love.

My fire, my rush,
my destruction and my life giver.
The spark,
with the risk of building a new community
or completely annihilating everything that matters.
You maintain the balance between life and death,
a second away from either.
The spark and the blaze.
The roar and the crackle.
You're my fire love, my eros love.

My water, my core,
my sustaining life force.
My whole being and my entire world are filled with you,
consumed by you,
life given by you.
The all encompassing totality
completely inescapable
magnitude of your reach
astounds me.
You're my water love, my agape love.

9.1.2011