…the heart wants what the heart wants…
W e’re in love
with falling in love
it’s the most captivating
intoxicating
human experience
that thrilling
first freefall
of love’s roller coaster
it is pleasure
beyond measure
should the ride end
the heart often rides again
love lures
with the memory
of that freefall
*
rob kistner © 2021
Poetry at: dVerse
We do tend to forget those painful landings, over time, don’t we? 😉 Love this.
The heart wants what the heart wants De — and the heart can be prone to love amnesia… 🙂
Yep. Freefall……but the thud like to killed me!!!!
I hear ya Bev. 😉 But before I got old and rigid snd stuck in my ways = cynical old curmudgeon — the feeling was effervescent… and I can almost still feel the feels of falling. Because after thinking I had on several occasions in my life — I finally did, and the feeling was quite profound and the memory indelible.
You describe the experience of falling in love very well in this piece. Nicely done.
Thank you Arcadia. 🙂
So true. Once thrilled forever seeking. Enjoyed.
Thank you K. 🙂 The desire to “fall in love” is so compelling and ingrained in our human psyche, that we have created movie after movie, book after book, song after song, poem after poem — even reality show after reality show about or seeking the experience. Do I think we understand or achieve the genuine experience — not the majority of the time. The true freefall into love is rooted in the infatuation, but if there is solid ground, the feeling grows and grows inyo the experience of falling deeply in love — and it is not a quick drop, it’s the long freefall, and that is the most satisfying. But the intense spark is the initial infatuation. That spark is not one to build a life on — but it is a profound experience to completely surrender to the warmth and magnetism
The plunge. Yes. Pleasure beyond measure.
Cool write, RK. Thanks
Thank you Ron. 🙂
Sometimes, love is worth the ride…the thrill is what sparks the connection.
I agree True, as long as we don’t become addicted to just the initial “rush”. If the rush is all one seeks, don’t marry — and definitely don’t procreate.
You have to be willing to ride the up and downs in life but, that can make the connection stronger. Hang on love has a way of getting bumpy…
That’s why I feel love is so much like a roller coaster True.
This is incredible, Rob! I especially agree with the first stanza, and I think it’s one of those openers that sets the tone immediately of the piece: We often fool ourselves as we don’t see clearly when we let our heart, our desires, and infatuation take over. Falling in love with the idea OF love is how people can get into a complicated, messy relationships. I think true love stands the test of time, patience, empathy, and growth.
Thank you Lucy! The “falling” in love can be an addiction that inhibits one from ever achieving authentic enduring love. It is all a slippery slope if we are only interested in the “excitement” of love — which is intoxicating, and potentially misleading.
love lures
with the memory
of that freefall
Falling in love many times with the same person happens every day and every time. One finds happiness in it unwittingly often without realizing its beauty. The memory keeps repeating and reminding! Very true Rob!
Hank
It’s that refreshing of the love that gives it longevity, well presented Hank. 🙂
That innocent and first feeling of first love is mazing and exhilarating!
That fist time you realize you love this women you become overwhelmed, giddy, 7 ft. Tall, strong as king kong. a world class poet, and a soulful singer of sizzling love songs — and savagely handsome!!
the freefalls feels good, especially when the other heart knows how to catch ours. beautiful, Rob.
So so true!
I agree Rob – it’s an intoxicating feeling, and hard (impossible?) to resist stepping on that rollercoaster!
Seductive, and society makes certain it is Ingrid — at least in my time. Now falling in love has become a weekly TV Reality Show.
What an exhilarating fall!
Yes it is Punam! 🙂
Yeah… I wish we could bottle that! This is a very, very sweet poem, Rob. It made me smile.
Yours,
David
So glad Davvid… 🙂
We love the plunge and forget about the climb.
Two sides to the ride Xan… 🙂
Free-falling … wheeeeeee. So much fun, to ride again another day.
We love to fall Helen… 🙂
Wonderful. You got me, Rob. Sometimes, there is no such thing as enough.
Thsnk you Bill… 🙂
Lovely Rob. A heart never really breaks. It just heals itself and grows stronger
Thank you Christine… 🙂
It’s not the falling that kills you, it’s the landing 😉
So true Bjorn, so true… 🙂
So true, Rob. Your opening is perceptive–I think some people are almost addicted to it–in love with falling in love. That initial rush is free fall/rollercoaster. Some people never get past it.
And like we agree Merril, some get addicted and cannot find happiness in sustaining a marriage. Infatuated with the infatuation. Just look how many bullshit “falling in love” reality shows there are.
As always, you produce such poignant poetry. I love the allusions you’ve pointed out, the crassness perhaps underlying it, but I love that in the end it’s not quite an admonishment – perhaps it’s more reflective than that. Regardless, splendid work, as you usually do.
Thank you so much Masa! 🙂 I see it as a precautionary reflection.
Love is nothing if not free fallin’. Love this, Rob.
Thank you Sara… 🙂
I absolutely love, love this! “first freefall of love’s roller coaster,” is such an amazing image. Relatable for me as I have had this fall several times 🙂
So glad this resonated strong for you Sanaa! 🙂