Love’s Duty
The flame of love flickers in its wanning days
as the ground awaits the feeling
of the lovers’ feet again.
The air cannot sustain the weight of them
as they start to sink through the clouds.
The harpists are racing toward the finale
of “Lover’s Cantata” as their dexterous fingers
start to tire and the song starts to feel its age.
Gone are the days when love was a magic air
that lifted lovers up to a higher place
as they left behind the world
of weights and measurements
and entered a weightless sacred paradise
reserved for them.
As they climbed into the Kingdom
their hearts were in each others’ keeping,
and their thoughts and desires were aimed
toward the other’s needs.
The sacred wedding vows were branded
deep into the skin of their hearts
as they belonged to each other for an eternity.
They would have it no other way.
But after their feet felt the ground again
and the flame reached its inevitable end,
all things came to be real again,
and love lost its wings.
The cycle of love was entering
its moral stage.
Obligation and duty came to be
the next cycle that awaited them.
They are the chosen ones to honor
love’s command.
“Return the love that is meant for you
and do it for evermore.”
Even though the flame is out,
God’s word is branded into their hearts.
Their wedding vows are their new laws
that they have to honor and make
them their duty for the rest of their lives.
Henceforth, they will have run through
love’s cycle and pleased God as they
upheld the law of morality.
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