This week’s Poem-Echo comes to us from Bear Sage.
Some storms arrive without warning.
They electrify the air, awaken something powerful in us, and remind us how intense love can feel when it first strikes.
But storms also ask another question:
what keeps us standing when the lightning fades?
I’ll leave you with this poem.
Electric Love
By Bear Sage
The unrelenting shape of what’s coming
arrives with the air charged,
the atmosphere
ripening with electricity
the weight of it palpable
undeniable
°
love as lightning bolt
splitting sky
just to touch the earth
left me standing in the scar,
the fulgurite
left behind in its passing
°
rain a revelation
arriving to flood or feed
wind asking the oldest trees
how deep are your roots
°
thunder comes
after every strike
passion always
has an echo
°
I have stood in that smell
wanting more storm
wanting to be unmade
by something that beautiful
°
grounding, finding earth
allowing a foundation
to create balance with my charge
to focus and redirect my fire
°
bare feet on mountain stone
the stake I tie myself to
before I ever reach for you
°
I will stand in the rain
soaked through
with the realness of you
°
refusing to dissolve
in the torrent
between passion
and commitment
°
knowing
my own name
in the morning
°
I stay because I choose to
°
Some storms
are the struggle
Some storms
you pack and run from
°
let the lightning come
let the sky split open
°
I am here
rooted and burning
grounded and electric
°
the storm
and the stake
both
Mirror Question
When love becomes a storm…
what keeps you grounded?
About the Author — Bear Sage
Bear Sage is a poet and creator whose work lives at the intersection of reflection and collaboration. Through his publication, he explores themes such as time, mortality, gratitude, and the deeper questions that sit quietly beneath everyday life.
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With clarity
The Mirror Room
Odel A.
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I apologize! This piece seemed seamless and I didn’t know Odel was collaborating. I am very sorry, Odel! Thank you so much for this electrifying piece in conjunction with Bear Safe!
This is an electric piece which is very moving and earth shattering at the same time, interwoven with Love. I believe it is physical and high emotional at the same time. What happens when you are amid the storm? And when it’s over? I think we all know. But some of us want to keep this going, right?