I was talking on Skype and had an awesome metaphor hit me full on … I immediately started writing this poem. Who else feels that love is a gyroscope that keeps one stable?
Stability
Orientation maintained
Momentum sustained
Unaffected by whispered refrains
by lips with jealous stains
on teeth
Acidic gossip attempts to eat
away at resolve’s enamel
but the lies bequeathed
to itching ears fail to alter
focused course
Whispers lashing
Ground teeth gnashing
as one sails forward unaffected
Nothing knocks us to the ground
for we are protected all around
by love’s gyroscope.
A gyroscope keeps its rotation axis constant. Therefore, angles measured in this frame are equivalent to angles measured in the lab frame (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Passion's Pleasure 
woah!! some epiphany! 😀
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Posted by Archana | May 29, 2012, 6:48 PMROFL Thanks Archana!
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Posted by bajanpoet | May 29, 2012, 8:17 PMlove certainly wins in the end…and gossip surely erodes at our foundation though…that and lies for sure…tight little write man…
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Posted by brian miller | May 29, 2012, 7:28 PMThanks so much Brian! Really was looking at this to see if I could improve it, but I couldn’t find anywhere 😉 LOL
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Posted by bajanpoet | May 29, 2012, 7:50 PMthought this one looked familiar…hope you are having a great week man…
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Posted by brian miller | June 20, 2012, 1:50 PMIt was familiar… never posted it here, but did post it in Open Link Monday on Real Toads … I have been busy – and new internet policies mean that I can’t access the internet so readily at work, so … I’ll have to hope that others read the work even tho it’s late in the game….
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Posted by bajanpoet | June 20, 2012, 2:23 PMvery cool..love the image…a comfortable feeling in this..and hey..no wonder..you’re in love…smiles
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Posted by claudia | May 29, 2012, 7:55 PMI am, aren’t I? *grin* Thanks Claudia ❤
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Posted by bajanpoet | May 29, 2012, 8:16 PMNow if this isn’t totally brilliant, I don’t know what is.
Love the idea, love the way you lined it up for us and loved your choice of image.
Can’t take my eye off any of this.
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Posted by aprille | May 29, 2012, 8:07 PMThanks aprille!!! 😀
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Posted by bajanpoet | May 29, 2012, 8:15 PMSuper flow here. Just rolls and rolls.
Great work.
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Posted by skyraftwanderer | May 29, 2012, 8:37 PM🙂 Thanks soooooo much … I love how it sounds out loud! One of my new favourite pieces!
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Posted by bajanpoet | May 29, 2012, 10:13 PMfascinating metaphor and very well written poem… I guess..if love is at the centre of the gyroscope- it is solid…sometimes surrounded by rapid movement and change…but always solid….or..maybe love is the chaos that holds us all of the chaos together…stops everything from spinning out of control…great concept…totally got me thinking…those first 3 lines are sweet as….so good
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Posted by poemsofhateandhope | May 29, 2012, 8:40 PMThank you soooo much … you know I didn’t fully see the rapid movement and change as much as just being buffeted with life, but – you put it so well! Thank you so much!
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Posted by bajanpoet | May 29, 2012, 10:14 PMVery cool!
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Posted by Mama Zen | May 29, 2012, 9:40 PMI love this though
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Posted by Marlo | May 29, 2012, 10:07 PMThanks Marlo! Coming from you that’s a real honour!
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Posted by bajanpoet | May 29, 2012, 10:15 PMNice, real cute, hummm, good job, clap clap clap.
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Posted by empresscolleen | May 29, 2012, 11:42 PMAll for you baby *hug*
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Posted by bajanpoet | May 30, 2012, 1:03 AMAn interesting metaphor to use…and such a cool gyroscope …its mesmerizing ~
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Posted by Heaven (@asweetlust) | May 30, 2012, 12:20 AMThanks Gracie… I loved the image… I had to put it on the page 😀 mesmerizing for me too …
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Posted by bajanpoet | May 30, 2012, 1:13 AMFantastic metaphor. Protection with fluid movement. Nice!
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Posted by bittersweetverse | May 30, 2012, 12:46 AMThanks honey … *hug*
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Posted by bajanpoet | May 30, 2012, 1:13 AM“Orientation maintained / Momentum sustained” … perfect. What a cool metaphor!
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Posted by Alex Dissing | May 30, 2012, 12:59 AMThanks so much Alex! 🙂
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Posted by bajanpoet | May 30, 2012, 1:14 AMYou’re really growing as a poet Robert…think you’re finally getting ‘it’ – distillation, imagery, efficiency, lack of masturbation…. Well done mate. Keep at it.
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Posted by Mark Jason Welch | May 30, 2012, 1:06 AMThank you so much Mark … that means a hell of a lot, coming from you. I intend to keep at it 😀
“Lack of masturbation” made me crack up…. I hear you loud and clear…. LOL
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Posted by bajanpoet | May 30, 2012, 1:37 AMgreat cadence throughout this, all spinning down to that last phrase at the end, that perfect bit of truth. yes.
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Posted by kelly | May 30, 2012, 2:08 AMThanks sooo much Kelly! ❤ Glad you liked it … I love how it sounds on my tongue 🙂
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Posted by bajanpoet | May 30, 2012, 2:40 AMSo well expressed! And I so agree….love protects…not only love for someone else but healthy self love and confidence. Bravo!
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Posted by 1emeraldcity | May 30, 2012, 5:37 PMThanks Jackie! ❤
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Posted by bajanpoet | May 30, 2012, 6:27 PMIt is a great metaphor! A small piece of me wishes there was one more line so that when “gyroscope” hits at the end, it would have rhymed with something before it, just to carry on with the great flow you had throughout. But I know that an unrhymed end makes for good emphasis too.
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Posted by jessicamarie19 | May 31, 2012, 6:01 PMI’ll see if I can squeeze in a line before it *grin* Thanks Jessica!
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Posted by bajanpoet | May 31, 2012, 6:05 PMBeautiful imagery. Loved it.
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Posted by Kim or Lisa | June 5, 2012, 1:54 PMThanks Kim 🙂
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Posted by bajanpoet | June 5, 2012, 2:22 PMI was falling and falling and then I was caught by a fluffy white cloud. Wonderful piece!
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Posted by Kay Salady | June 13, 2012, 11:26 AMGreat metaphor fir love, which I do believe keeps me up when the world wants to knock me off my feet. The chinese language has an interesting character called the wobbling pivot, which kind of means the same thing that you describe in your piem, though it does not refer to only love.
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Posted by Chazinator | June 20, 2012, 11:01 PMReally Chaz? Wobbling Pivot … niiiiice 🙂
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Posted by bajanpoet | June 21, 2012, 6:21 AMThis is indeed a great metaphor. Wise thoughts, too, about how we can undo ourselves and others by our words…a constant struggle.
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Posted by Victoria C. Slotto | June 21, 2012, 2:58 AMWho knew this poet was wise? *grin* Thanks so much Victoria!
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Posted by bajanpoet | June 21, 2012, 6:20 AMCool metaphor – love the stabilizing gyroscope – certainly in a lifetime of love there is a lot of spinning and a lot of changing. Children move the center, and age changes and slows the rotation!
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Posted by Gay | June 21, 2012, 4:15 AMLOL so true abt children and age! Thanks for dropping by!
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Posted by bajanpoet | June 21, 2012, 6:20 AMclever image choice – it really works here. Nice!
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Posted by C. Edward Olson (@olsonomics) | June 21, 2012, 6:58 PM