The Philosophy of Love (poem)
By Luke Labern
Poetry: the philosophy of love –
With fluid promises it teases us,
It divides and contains like a glove
Holds fingers – unbound yet united – thus
A form through which the paradoxes reign
A place where I find solidarity
Where otherwise such chaos is called bane;
Where otherwise too difficult to be.
In changing times where hands clutch less at pens
And more at throats and electricity
Those universals: the whos, the whys and whens –
A pure, philosophical clarity.
A draught of pretence or a fatalism
An aesthetic anaesthetic – truism.
With fluid promises it teases us,
It divides and contains like a glove
Holds fingers – unbound yet united – thus
A form through which the paradoxes reign
A place where I find solidarity
Where otherwise such chaos is called bane;
Where otherwise too difficult to be.
In changing times where hands clutch less at pens
And more at throats and electricity
Those universals: the whos, the whys and whens –
A pure, philosophical clarity.
A draught of pretence or a fatalism
An aesthetic anaesthetic – truism.
A Poem,
Published 22 May 2011
Published 22 May 2011