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The Love I Seek
- The Love I Seek -
Why dost thou hide from my sight, oh love?
Devotedly I seek thee, my thoughts so bright.
But thou art not in the azure skies far above,
Nor there, amidst the million stars of night!
But I seek thee, and I am here to be sought…
My heart is here, and my spirit is as a dove.
Hast thou not glimpsed my deepest thought?
I send it forth, and in hope my prayer strove.
The songbirds of spring, they echo my hope,
That my girlish heart shall be beloved soon…
By one who knows of warm passion’s scope!
Shall we dance ere long, beneath the moon?
Love need not be high upon a difficult slope,
For I am here to be found: if thou art sincere.
Let us scale the heavens, without any rope…
On wings of happiness, leaving a joyful tear.
Of that which I seek, I sing this song so fair,
In hopes: that my soul’s mate might listen…
I dance in the twilight, the moon in my hair.
Whilst above, the celestial lights do glisten!
Love is a quest, a treasure beyond compare,
And I am the princess who seeks it eternal…
I am here waiting, my deepest heart to share.
Love is a flame, hot, but not quite infernal!
Why dost thou hide from my sight, oh love?
Devotedly I seek thee, my thoughts so bright.
But thou art not in the azure skies far above,
Nor there, amidst the million stars of night!
But I seek thee, and I am here to be sought…
My heart is here, and my spirit is as a dove.
Hast thou not glimpsed my deepest thought?
I send it forth, and in hope my prayer strove.
The songbirds of spring, they echo my hope,
That my girlish heart shall be beloved soon…
By one who knows of warm passion’s scope!
Shall we dance ere long, beneath the moon?
Love need not be high upon a difficult slope,
For I am here to be found: if thou art sincere.
Let us scale the heavens, without any rope…
On wings of happiness, leaving a joyful tear.
Of that which I seek, I sing this song so fair,
In hopes: that my soul’s mate might listen…
I dance in the twilight, the moon in my hair.
Whilst above, the celestial lights do glisten!
Love is a quest, a treasure beyond compare,
And I am the princess who seeks it eternal…
I am here waiting, my deepest heart to share.
Love is a flame, hot, but not quite infernal!
Published 16th Jan 2016
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16th Jan 2016 3:51pm
This has an ancient Sufi quality of seeking that only discovers that which it seeks in its own heart, them all else comes.
17th Jan 2016 5:09am
I am honored by such high praise of my work in comparing it to the great ancient Sufi philosophical musings of the sort you speak of. Many years ago when I was seeking love to the point of it being an obsession of mine due to extreme loneliness, I asked a friend of mine from Japan why I could not seem to find the love that I was seeking. She said a very wise thing to me! She said: "Learn first to love yourself and to love everything about you down to the innermost core of your heart, mind, soul, spirit and being. Love yourself and know yourself. Know yourself, and you will surely love yourself! Do this first, and then the love you seek will come to you when the time in right." And she was wise because once I truly understood myself and came to love myself as she directed... after that, people totally noticed a brilliant change in me and I noticed that more and more I had offers of love where before I could not find them. So in the end, love came to me many times over, and just as my friend had said it would. I may have been thinking of those musings just a bit when I was penning this poem, and indeed there is a great similarity between this sort of philosophy and the ancient Sufi philosophies that speak of seeking and finding. Deep stuff! And I am happy you enjoyed giving this a read. :)
5th Oct 2022 1:03am
Madam Kou,
Thy words ah float off the ah screen to my ah face, as if, there's an ah need to see me and read itself to me. The ah grasping of feelings are that intense within this ah write. Beautifully put forth work! 👍👁️🤍🍑🤎💋👅🌷🌈👁️🥦🍜🥥👄🍺🍹🥃🥂🍻
Thy words ah float off the ah screen to my ah face, as if, there's an ah need to see me and read itself to me. The ah grasping of feelings are that intense within this ah write. Beautifully put forth work! 👍👁️🤍🍑🤎💋👅🌷🌈👁️🥦🍜🥥👄🍺🍹🥃🥂🍻
8th Oct 2022 9:02pm
For me, love is something I always feel very intensely about, and so any poetry I write wherein love is the subject is going to be intensely written. I am happy you found it to be a beautiful poem! Many thanks for taking the time to read and comment. :)
9th Oct 2022 4:16am
