Love folly



If love be egoism, I will not be a lover.
Better then to step aside and let the egoists
in senseless folly fight it out among themselves –
I will have none of it. That love is false
that boosts the ego into a baloon of lies
that has to burst and vanish into nothing
as a blown-up rag in shreds and good for nothing,
like a most deplorable pathetic fiasco
just to throw away into the garbage.
True love is a selfless self-effacing angel
never seen and working hard
invisibly from underground
appearing only through her work results
that must remain a joy forever for its beauty
if it only is conducted honestly
in true sincerity of love.
If rivals, fighters and psychotic passion drivers
think they deal with love
and blame their love for their psychotic business,
they are just deceivers of themselves
and have to learn the hard way
that real lovers only win by losing all.






Poetry by Christian Lanciai The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2007-02-10 at 22:11

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night soul woman The PoetBay support member heart!
"real lovers only win by losing all" That's right Christian. . . That's right. . .
2007-02-11


Rob Graber
""I will have none of it": Granting your suggestion that what passes for love is often pretty shabby, does not setting the bar as high as you do here risk placing love out of reach for us poor mortals?! This is intended not in criticism of the poem but in tribute: You (once again) stake out an interesting--even provocative--postition!
2007-02-11



Amen to that Christian! I am sick of the spoils on my work to be honest! Loved this clarification of what love and friendship are really about and not! ~Tai
2007-02-10