Simply Love by Notokinthehead

There’s a fierceness
In her eyes.
It scares me,
Intimidates me, ultimately
It makes me
High.

There’s a fire
In her touch.
It burns me,
Hurts me, like
An arsonist I
Can’t get enough.

She pushes me down,
Then lifts me up.
She pushes me around,
All in the name of love.
I want to walk away,
She pulls me right back.
I convince myself no more, no way,
But I’ve found myself on a one-way track.

There’s a tenderness
In her embrace.
It warms me,
Comforts me, our
Love is hereby
God’s Dear Grace.

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Analysis

I chose "Simply Love" because this poem expresses how I truly feel about someone I met recently this year in class and we sat next to each other. What turned out to be a brief conversation turned into something more.  The lyrics to this poem has some elements to it also figuerative language. This poem is about the burning sensation of love.  Love is our everyday test to overcome and achieve. The speaker's reaction to Love shows the passion she recieves and the burning fire of love that has captured her. The love in this poem makes you wonder to me about your first love or a love you haven't ever experienced before.  

Notokinthehead tone in this poem is deep passionatly felt love between two woman. Also I would think that Notokinthehead is speaking in a tone of fear. For example the poet says, There’s a fierceness In her eyes. It scares me, Intimidates me, ultimately It makes me High.” To me the poet is saying something about the woman’s eyes is intense and loving it scares the poet. The poet also describe the love to be capturing. Throwing her around with the love of the woman. The poet says, There’s fire she pushes me down, then lifts me up. She pushes me around, All in the name of love. I want to walk away, she pulls me right back, I convince myself no more, no way, But I’ve found myself on a one-way track.” The poet is also saying no matter how much she tries to escape this woman’s love she is drawn back to this woman and everything between them starts from the beginning again like nothing ever stop the love that they shared between each other. When the poet say I convince myself no more no way to me she is saying she tells herself that she doesn’t want anymore of her love there is no possible way her love will find the poet. I can relate to that because I try and convince myself not to fall for this woman but her love captivates me and that is something I have never felt before. You can say the poet uses simile in this poem like when she states, “There’s a fire in her touch. It burns me, Hurts me, Like an Arsonist I can’t get enough.”  What she is saying to me is the love she retrieves from this woman burns because the poet feeling the same burning desire in herself for this woman. She can’t get enough of it this woman’s love no matter how much she escapes this woman’s love her love draws the poet back and not letting her go.

I believe that the poet is trying to escape the love of a woman who truly loves her just the way she is. Also the woman has captured the poet’s heart. In both the ending sentences of 2 and 3 the author states, She pushes me down, then lifts me up. She pushes me around, All in the name of love. I want to walk away, She pulls me right back. I convince myself no more, no way, but I’ve found myself on a one-way track.” Notokinthehead is to me expressing how the woman’s love continues to capture her heart by her loving her so deeply and unconditionally. The woman’s love just captivates her heart because the love Notokinthehead has experienced is something she probably haven’t ever felt love the way she felt with this woman.