LOVE:  Facts and Facets

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Love:  Real or Illusion
(Food for thought haiku for those in love)

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love, an oft needed pill
that cures, to cause
greater malady

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love, an oft needed balm
that calms the heart,
numbs the mind (brain)

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love, an oft desired enigma
 that opens few doors
 closes many more

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love – an obscure game.
the loser wins it all,
after losing it all

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love, a lure for beauty
and youth, love fades
as youth and beauty fade

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love, not lust, is the truest
love, from soul and heart
not body and mind

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love exists not in flowers
jewels, cakes or chocolates
but in truth, loyalty and faith

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well…love is so commercial these days
jewels can win her heart

jewellary to win her heart before somebody else does

woo the (material) girl
with a big sparkling solitaire
or else
somebody else will
woo her
with
a diamond bigger
a bigger cake
a bouquet brighter

Let this Valentine’s Day be for genuine love, not greedy love
Let there be compassion for the fellow human beings…

For the writing prompt: Cupid’s Arrow

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I wrote the above set of Haiku poems some time back in the context of romantic love as it was Valentine’s Day.

These poems do not provide a singular definition of what love is all about. But overall, the crux is that love is unselfish. It is not self-centered. It is not based on material things that the other person can provide us.

Love should make you feel happy, even if it demands sacrifice. We all sacrifice our precious time and money for our children. Even the most intelligent mothers, at some point or the other, end up compromising with their career if their child needs them, and yet this sacrifice makes them happy.

Love tries to give, not take. If we love somebody, we should be happy with whatever little we get in return.

The above criteria is for true love, be this your love for a lover, child, parent, pet or neighbor. But true love is a difficult path – easier said than done. That’s because we all love our own self more than we love anyone else. Hence our ‘ego’ becomes a barrier between us and those we claim to love.

I Want to Know What Love Is

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© 2015 Alka Girdhar

17 thoughts on “LOVE:  Facts and Facets”

    • Thanks. But which poem Surinder ji? Like every other work on this blog, this poem is also my own creation, my own words. I am not aware if some similar poem by another poet exists. So do tell me.

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      • I mean other poems by other poets on love.
        Love is a multifaceted phenomena.

        Your poem rates among the best love poems ever written
        by all the love poets during the last 700 years History of
        the English Language Poetry !!
        A very very big achievement that !!

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        • Oh I understand what you meant.
          And I’m highly amused as well as honored by your compliment. Although it is an exaggeration, I’ll accept it 🙂 and will try to write better poems.
          Thanks.

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