Romance

Solomon’s Song of Songs is a love story.  It involves a young man and woman who are “in love”.  Young love is so exciting.  It even appears a bit foolish as figurative language is used to convey feelings.  Consider some of the words and phrases from the Song of Solomon:

I liken you, my darling, to a mare harnessed to one of the chariots of Pharaoh (1:9).  My love is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi (1:14).  Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens (2:2).  Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my love among the younger men (2:3).  Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead (4:1).  Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn, coming up from the washing.  Each has its twin; not one of them is alone (4:2). 

With Valentimes day approaching, let me try to wax elephants:  Oh my darling, I so admire your continents.  With you I can sore like a beagle under a blue moon.  Like Jack Splat and his fat wife, we’re made to stick together.  You’re the breeze that makes wind for me.  I’m your bow that propels your error.  I love you more than bacon and I wallow in your infection.  Please be my Valentime for the rest of entirety.

How’s that for romance?

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Rick Cunningham