Mad Love

navskys
Jan 28
3 min read

Updated: Mar 25

‘Mad Love’ is all about the push and pull in love relationships. The love that is relentless, passionate and often angry. Conflicts from family, personality differences or everyday life difficulties may create a force or current tearing at the love between a couple.

Less celebrated on the fourteenth of February than passionate, romantic or true love - ‘mad love’ is crazy, heart pounding, possessive and temperamental. This micro blog looks at two writers Emily Bronte and Laura Exquivel whose heroines are caught up in undying heartbreaking love.

“Recognizing an invisible hand. A sprinkle of hate or anger like walking under a rain cloud.”

Opposites by NAVSKY (Poem)

According to the backcover, the main character in Wuthering Heights is the brooding houndlike Healthcliff, who has a love for Catherine which surpasses heaven and hell, nature and society… Catherine goes on to marry Edgar. Heathcliff vanishes. The relationship between the two is tumultuous. Catherine makes the realization that she has no life separate from Heathcliff in the famous line - “I am Heathcliff”.

“Our hurry prevented any comment on the encounter

with Heathcliff, as we stretched towards home; but I divined instinctively that Catherine’s heart was clouded now in double darkness.”

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

“Must be a step on the road of love.

Possible to end up on a road away from love?

Weird picture.

Happy endings contain plenty of love.”

Extract Poem, LOVE, for six months by NAVSKY

“Why did you do that, Pedro? It will look ridiculous, your agreeing to marry Rosaura. What happened to the eternal love you swore to Tita? Aren’t you going to keep that vow?”

(Tita’s blinding passion for Pedro goes against societies conventions and her own familys’ rules. p.15 Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Exquivel )

“Pedro, you’re hardly the one to tell me what I should or shouldn’t do. When you were going to get married, I didn’t ask you not to do it...”

(Pedro talks with Tita to persuade her not to marry John. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Exquivel )

“My awareness created an impression. Now pulling harder and longer. Shreds of love like confetti.”

Extract Poem, Opposites by NAVSKY

BROKEN PROMISES

A Promise

is a

completed

puzzle.

Undone

Scattered

Missing pieces

Frayed Edges

Broken

Promises

by NAVSKY

The tension in these two stories is often quiet. Heathcliff wishes to reunite with Catherine. Tita intends to be with Pedro despite the marriage between Pedro and her sister. Both are certainly 'Mad Lovers' reconciling their torn love in different ways. They seem to have missed the point of true love and their reward for loving someone regardless of the outcome.

If maddening (love) threatens to overwhelm you, poetry should act as a balm to your arrowed heart. Whatever kind of love is kindled for you this Valentine’s Day, I hope you continue to love and be loved during 2026! Check out the links below to find out more about Navsky and her writings.

Edge Of Emotions

Pushing past the brink

Memories chaining us in doubt

Fear moving

A body to act.

First steps towards the known

Away from the chaos

Swirling mindless energy.

Beauty erupts in new form.

It’s path

Stretching beyond our -

Self-imposed limits.