With love, I think there's perhaps patience/constraint/good taste and there's also a wilful withholding sometimes which can amount to denial to both self and our desired other; is such restraint respect or an abject stoicism, I wonder? Such freezer burn, even with honest intention, seems to me sad... Love, like food, is so much better fresh, after all... it's the leftovers we freeze! :)) I tried to read this carefully, but I still may have missed a lemon twist somewhere. Tasty, thoughtful writing, Odin, thank you. Kate xx

as Ron said, good allegorical poem ... definitely stimulates the synapses ...

Wonderful little allegory. We can live without love, unhappily, I admit. However, we cannot live without food and its seduction can sometimes overwhelm us.

Ron

better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. move on. thanks for sharing. asa

Patience is needed. But, trying to preserve someting that is an instant delight is foolish too. Enjoy it while you can , party is over. enjoyed. ~ Morgan