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POEM: EROS’S LOVE ARROW

Kamlesh Tripathi

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Eros makes his home in men’s hearts,

But not in every heart,

For where there is hardness, says Plato,

He silently departs.

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Eros blends with tender love,
A flame no storm can sever,
He is the hush beneath a sigh,
The bond that binds forever.

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Eros is the sign of love,
Its pulse is its secret art,
When you dare to dream of emotion and love,
You cradle Eros in your heart.

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There are several love-gods like…

…Eros, Cupid and Kamadeva,

They are charmed deities,

They forgive human frailties,

But set right human absurdities.

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What is life without love?
A sky bereft of sun,
A lute without a melody,
A race that’s never run?

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In Shakespeare’s…A Midsummer Night’s Dream,

Love is Blind,

Says Helena, heartbroken in unrequited love,

When Demetrius ditches her,

To fall in love with Hermia.

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Love looks not with the eyes,

But with the mind,

And that’s why,

The winged Cupid is depicted as blind.

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When Kamadeva disturbed Shiva’s…

 …Deep, sorrowful meditation,

After Sati’s death by shooting a love arrow,

Shiva reduced Kamadeva to ashes,

With his incendiary third eye.

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In Theogony by Hesiod,

Eros, a primordial deity,

Emerging at the beginning of creation,

Is not a winged child,

But a cosmic force,

That brings order through attraction and procreation.

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But remember,

Love alone gives breath to hope,
And warmth to mortal clay,
Where Eros dwells, the soul awakens,
And night dissolves into day.

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So admire Eros,

In its sane form,

For without Eros,

Life may become a big bore.

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Written and posted by Kamlesh Tripathi

Author, Poet, & Columnist

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https://kamleshsujata.wordpress.com

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