Blowing Hot and Cold

As it says on the tin

You come on strong,

all fervent desire

and commitment.

 

Heaping praise and

compliments and

expressing fire

 

in your soft belly,

you tell me just

how much you want me.

 

The fizz, the fireworks

explode in gushing

rushing promises.

 

But when the fire

becomes an inferno

you back off.

 

Afraid of the blaze

you started, you

melt away.

 

06/10/23

Reviews

[Nima.Hope]

I must agree with Jacob's comment on this poem. I've caused so much hurt in the past leaving a relationship unfinished. As the proverb says" A man beaten by snake fears the rope"........
Interesting writing

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yes I get the point. Many thanks once more NH

[W. Barrett Munn]

I like the metaphor you created for an intense relationship lost due to perhaps fear.

Winston

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed I think that may be often the case. Many thanks for reading Winston

[jacob erin-cilberto]

many of us suddenly become fearful of what we started...and then back off leaving someone unexpectedly hurt.
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed so Jacob it is an oft repeated scene. Manmy thanks.