—a poem written in heroic couplets


To Love, or Not to Love Perfected

“To love, or not to love?” that is the point,
the focus which men lose beyond disjoint.
To be a god among men, and unloved,
is woe: even wild beasts are not unmoved
by these fragmented, lone, unearthly souls,
for whom the scroll of history unrolls.
Man, being so much better than feral beasts,
should eschew (and end!) the vile, evil feasts
of his ire: then love these wide-browed seers, men
and women like the wielder of this pen.



Poetry by Ngoc Nguyen The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2023-11-16 at 16:40

Tags Love  God  Perfection 

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Ingvar Loco Nordin The PoetBay support member heart!
One thing is certain; we are NOT any better than feral beasts! That is a gross misunderstanding. Second thing: We can't decide to fall in love, even if Bob Dylan seemed to think so on his album Street Legal... But the form, the shape, the flowing caress of the poem is admired!
2023-11-18


Sameen
I completely agree
2023-11-17


D G Moody
This for me evokes Hamlets soliloquy, and that is a compliment; as indeed it would not shame the Bard - Bravo Ngoc!
2023-11-16