Liquid Love — Summary

This feeling mounds inside me I feel it moving I want a love I felt inside The water moving through me

I'm moving through heavy water The love is enormous Its lifting me up Through clouds and skies Sunlight and air But I feel better wadding through tidal waves, Where the deepest currents flow

I opened up a mirror, Before me was true love, I felt the water raining slowly, Water rising up over my head

I'm moving through heavy water, This love is enormous, Its lifting me up Through sadness and pain But I feel better wading in the today waves, Were my heart keeps me afloat.

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Love here is something physical, a feeling that builds up inside the speaker and starts to move like water. The speaker wants to feel it fully, and the poem keeps returning to the image of pushing through "heavy water," which suggests that love is both overwhelming and weighty.

The two matching stanzas make the poem's turn clear. The first time, love lifts the speaker up through clouds, sunlight and air, yet the speaker still prefers the "tidal waves" and deep currents. The second time, love lifts them through "sadness and pain," and the waves become "today waves," where "my heart keeps me afloat." That small change suggests a move from craving intensity toward steadier survival. In the middle, a mirror shows "true love" while water rises over the speaker's head, which could hint at self-recognition mixed with fear of drowning. The mood is dreamy, intense and a little anxious, with joy and risk flowing together.

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