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The Strongest Thing

May 4, 2009
By Inkspired PLATINUM, Whitby, Other
Inkspired PLATINUM, Whitby, Other
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Favorite Quote:
"If one will scoff at the study of language, how, save in terms of language, will one scoff?" - Mario Pei
"I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die." Isaac Asimov


The strongest force isn't gravity,
Not electricity,
And it's not magnetism,
There's no complicated mechanism.
It's unstoppable,
It's improbable,
It's love,
Sent from above.
Feels like you're hit with a speeding dart,
Right in the center of your heart,
It infects you,
Nothing you can do,
It's growth is continuous,
Even when it's enormous.
Sometimes Cupid takes it back out,
Sometimes you can wiggle it out,
Most of the time it stays,
Forever and always,
A part of you now,
You need it somehow.
No one knows why,
Though we try,
It doesn't make any sense,
Can't buy it with dollars or cents,
Disregarding crisis and disease,
Love continues on with ease,
Knocking people down,
Erasing everyone's frown.



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on Feb. 22 2010 at 6:23 pm
ReneetheGreat PLATINUM, Castle Rock, Colorado
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Favorite Quote:
"Strength does not come from physical capacity, but from an indomitable will."

"Sometimes Cupid takes it back out,

Sometimes you can wiggle it out," These are my favorite! Sometimes we have to get out of it, but it isn't easy. And sometimes we don't get to choose whether the arrow comes out or not.

on Sep. 28 2009 at 6:28 pm
a_bunch_of_nuns, Unknown, Wisconsin
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Your poem really fits together well. Each line seems to flow with the one below it. Or above it. Whichever way works best. I really liked the way you described 'the strongest thing' and don't we all know it's true? I give it five stars. *thumbs up*

on May. 30 2009 at 6:35 pm
despurlock DIAMOND, Morgantown, West Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
"The heart has its reasons which reason does not know." -Pascal, Pensees, 1670

My fave! I absolutely love it! I'm adding it as one of my favorites !!

on May. 23 2009 at 9:03 pm
ScreamingOutLoud GOLD, Cumberland, Rhode Island
17 articles 0 photos 7 comments
well first of all

i wanna say thanks for commententing on my poems =] i appriciate it. and this poem is wonderful. i think you've really captured the essence of love. keep working i cant wait to see how you grow as a writer!

on May. 23 2009 at 4:10 am
windswift DIAMOND, Arvada, Colorado
80 articles 0 photos 91 comments

Favorite Quote:
let it burn, suffering teaches the soul; let it grow, love nourishes the heart.

i like this poem a lot, but it cant go on my list of favorites because i dont think that what it says is true to me. i still love how you are able to twist the words in your fovor, and im sure that i would love it, but i dont get a feeling from this poem. by the way, im reading all of your poems and studying them. i hope that your work gets published sometime, im sure that most of the teens would love your poetry.

on May. 20 2009 at 2:43 pm
RheaD.Ravenfinger BRONZE, Juneau, Alaska
4 articles 0 photos 94 comments

Favorite Quote:
1 Corinthians 13:4-8

I love this poem. Some of the situations I totally understand because I've had lots of weird things zooming around me. I do like this poem.

on May. 19 2009 at 8:38 am
hxcRocker DIAMOND, Haiku, Hawaii
59 articles 2 photos 88 comments
wow. I can totally relate to this. it definitely conveys the complexity and wonder of love

on May. 19 2009 at 8:38 am
hxcRocker DIAMOND, Haiku, Hawaii
59 articles 2 photos 88 comments
wow. I can totally relate to this. it definitely conveys the complexity and wonder of love