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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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