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Love's Fool, a poem by Chogyam Trungpa

shanyinshanyin Novice YoginSault Ontario Veteran
edited September 2010 in Arts & Writings
Love‘s Fool.

Love.
What is love?
What is love.
Love is a fading memory.
Love is piercingly present.
Love is full of charm.
Love is hideously in the way.
Explosion of love makes you feel ecstatic.
Explosion of love makes you feel suicidal.
Love brings goodliness and godliness.
Love brings celestial vision.
Love creates the unity of heaven and earth.
Love tears apart heaven and earth.
Is love sympathy.
Is love gentleness.
Is love possessiveness.
Is love sexuality.
Is love friendship.
Who knows?
Maybe the rock knows,
Sitting diligently on earth,
Not flinching from cold snowstorms or baking heat.
O rock,
How much I love you:
You are the only loveable one.
Would you let me grow a little flower of love on you?
If you don’t mind,
Maybe I could grow a pine tree on you.
If you are so generous,
Maybe I could build a house on you.
If you are fantastically generous,
Maybe I could eat you up,
Or move you to my landscape garden.
It is nice to be friends with a rock!




i'm going to be reading this, this Saturday at a music and poem reciting event my friend puts on in the community. I really like it.

What do you think about it? Do you think this is what love is to a person who truly loves?

Comments

  • edited September 2010
    I like it also. I believe I truly love and this resonates with me.
    The rock part is my favorite :)
    I need a rock companion, calling it a pet seems not quite right.
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