Love Is Indeed a True Obligation (poem)

Love can hurt, love can haunt, and love can be extremely cruel

Love can make us convert, make us want, and make us try

To live by the golden rule

Love is not learned in our schools, nor is it required

By our laws

We are born with this precious gift - woven into all of

Our natural flaws

Of all the mysteries, we have yet to unfold in our journey

Through this world

Love is the most complex and misunderstood and has

Yet to be unfurled

Love can in fact lead us on the path to hate and war

When love is used selfishly - and not to be given freely

Anymore

Love can save us, or love can destroy us, - but it will always

Be with us

Therefore, as we confront either - our friend or foe, love is indeed

The only true force we can trust

What sets us apart from all of God’s creation

Is our immense and boundless imagination

Without love nothing could survive, it is the seed of all of

Creation

 

The obligation of every generation, is to uncover a true

Explanation

» left by James P Krehbiel

4 years 256 days ago.
125 fans.

David, Well said. "Love is the seed of all creation." Thanks for this nice piece.

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» left by 4 years 256 days ago.

James, I'm on vacation in Maine I just came on this site from my sister's computer and surprised to see my poem featured on the home page. thanks for your comment

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» left by Susan Thom

4 years 241 days ago.
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so that's what love is!! i loved your piece. it was so true. obviously, i can relate. thanks for good food for thought, best regards, sue thom

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» left by 4 years 241 days ago.

thanks for commenting Susan, this is one way I try to explain love. everybody has their own idea.

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» left by LeahG Artist

4 years 197 days ago.
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I liked this line particularly 'We are born with this precious gift - woven into all of Our natural flaws' very powerful. Makes me wonder 'what' we'd be without love! Consider all the animals for which 'love' is not woven into their phsycial being. Animals that are not required to care for their young or to live in groups. Reptiles for example.

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» left by 4 years 196 days ago.

As far as animals are concerned CB, I believe most animals are born with a natural and instinctual kind of love to care for their young. Also there are several documented facts where some animals such as the domesticated dog are so close to their masters they’ll sense it when their masters die and follow them to the grave site and actually lay down on the grave where they know their master is buried and die. If that’s not devoted love what is? I'm not familiar with the lifestyle of reptiles however again they live by their nature, but who are we to dwell into the mind of a turtle.

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» left by LeahG Artist 4 years 194 days ago.
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Hi David, my point was that love is a survival neccessity and it is displayed (can be observed) in animals which are required to care for their young or live in a group but not in solitary creatures who do not raise their own young etc...hence I mentioned reptiles. Dogs are of course a social creature, puppies need parental care to survive, so love is a survival necessity. If The parent felt no 'love' for the child, they would not care for it. In the animal kingdom at least. Love is therefore an instinct...but not in all animals. Only those for whom it is a survival necessity. But as you say who knows what a reptile thinks (or any animal for that matter).

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» left by Anonymous

2 years 1 day ago.

I like it :D

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» left by David Tanguay 2 years 1 day ago.
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Thank you for commenting D

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