Poetry / Roused Love

It is said of Love
        it shall not be awakened
        until it so desires…
Why then does it malinger so
        at the doors to my heart?
Does it frolic about its path
        unawares of its desires?

[Or does this desirous nature
        thwart my inner notions?
Notions of which I cannot speak
        lest the utterings of such
        would render them true]

Is it not the love of another
        that awakens this dreamer?
Why then does it clutch so
        to the very thread of me?
Why shall it insist on pursuing
        this aching heart?
Shall not it rest awhile
        to return at its allotted time?
Shall it keep its path
        to drive me mad?

I cannot bear its ceaseless knock!

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February 07, 2008

Johnsienoel

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554	92.6% (337 votes)	26.7%

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Johnsienoel reviewed Version 1 - Read 100% of the Item

I think this is a beautifully written piece but something about it bothers me. I have read it through several times and I think it lies in the first three lines…they seem to contradict the remainder of the poem – at least in my readings love was awakened and it so desired so why beg all the ensuing questions. It becomes like a contradiction wrapped up in a connundrum confused by the question.

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November 27, 2007

djmejia2011

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djmejia2011 reviewed Version 1 - Read 100%% of the Item

wow i really like to read poems when they talk about the wonders of love, i really liked this poem it puts minds to wonder. keep writing like this because i will keep rating them. nice one.