Past the warning, ringing of the division bell
Into the sordid, depths of you mind's subconscious, personal, hell
You thought it was cool. you thought it was very swell?
Escaping into the deep, dark, caverns of your mind
Searching for the secrets and the answers, you had to find
And the Gothic bats flew out of the damp and very moist cave
Scattering all the romance, that you quested for and did crave
Inside, you found jewels and gold of untold riches
That were robbed from you, by life's, scheming, little bitches
But no Love or Wisdom was there to be found
Your psyche was confused and did Dervishly, turn around and around
You ended up falling and sobbing on the floor of the mind's ground
Then you learnt a secret, that was very, very profound....
"Love is pure and is not bought
Love arises above the impurity of thought
Love is the direct source on the original tree
Love is the aspiration to return to the Divinity
Love is the bridge that crosses the Great Divide
Love is the only power to cancel the Moon and all it's tides
Love is for giving and not for taking
Love is certainly not about the sexual, orgasmic, faking
Love negates anger and all the evils of hate
Love is all, we spiritually desire in and manage to relate
Love is indeed, the gentle hand, twist of Fate
Love is freedom, child-like, crawling on the mind's ground
Love is the only source that is pure and parentally, profound
Love is the ultimate source and the total harmony of sound"
And you awakened from your deep sleep and suddenly realised
That Love was indeed next beside you, on this pillow of earthly lies
Purity indeed on this very, long bridge of sighs
Take it whilst it is still there, without any surprise
It is a gift from God, to all of us down here
Grasp it, embrace it and Love it, in him, it is whom you should revere.
Georges.
Author notes
An exploration of Love. Written November 10th, 2004
In a list
A contest entry
- My First Contest - - LOVE!! by LittleDecoy.
300 points, ended August 1, 2006, 115 entries
Gold trophy winner
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Great explanation of love. Thanks for entering!
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i like it, its pretty good, well done =) also congratulations on the gold you won for this piece =)
thanks for entering, i'd love a grandfather =) good luck in my contest =) -
Creativity: 3/10
Concept: 3/10
Language: 3/10
Overall Effect: 2/10
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THis is really good! Great Job!
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I will not read this until you read my rules. Especially rule number 2.
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This was a refreshingly nice piece to read, unique to read. I expected lots of the traditional kind of love poems in this contest, so it was nice to read something so different. I liked the ideas and thoughts you explored in this piece, it's one to get you thinking and I like that in poetry. Thanks for entering and best of luck. Take care, Heather x
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I am so pleased to help in judging because I would say I have came across so many amazing writes and this isn't left out of those qualifying entries. This is amazing work and leaves you in deep thought and provoking contemplations. Very well written and flowed with ease. "Thank you" for entering the contest and all the best to you in it hon
~Joy -
this is brilliant, i can tell that like me you love to dream
this was very powerful and I extremely enjoyed reading it,
well done this was wonderful!
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Another thinker here. You definitely have a way with your words. Loved the repition in the lines, it did indeed reinforce the strength of the words and expressions here.
Thans for entering it
Autumn -
this is a very great poem i enjoyed it alot it went good together, a very great poem ttyl peace
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Wow, this is good. I enjoyed reading it. The rhyme is very good. Very well written. Great write and good luck!
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very powerful and so much meaning in love beautifully written lol:0thanks for entering our contest
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nicely done. Thank you for entering this contest.
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Great Poem I really loved the verse and the way it went. I'll be looking forward to seeing more of your works.
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amazing poem. i loved it. although i dont think you read my rules. but thats ok contest is over. i loved this poem. it had good rhyme and rhythm all the way through. keep up the good work and i will continue to read it! laterz-
~tori~ -
nice. im clad someone believes in love out there
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the charter of love
That was some poem , preaching of love , love is many things ,
I smiled at the orgasmic comment , that was funny ,I wouldn't
know if one faked one or not , ok ok I'll be serious here ..
good prose , serious thoughts on love , good luck in the contest -
Exelente
Super duper job. One of the best things I've read on the subject of love. Very very true. -
Really Well Done
This poem is really great. I love the emotion you put into this and I loved reading it. I applaud -
Brilliant poem, I love the repetition which created a very powerful reinforcing effect. This was great to read, thank you for entering it. Simply loved the apt and insightful choices of words.
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good poem check at my site
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u have the best poetry on this site
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wow, this is an awesome poem. love the strong words and expression. keep writing, your very good.
love you heaps,
-leigh-
xoxoxoxo
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it's very expressive and interesting - but i have to say, i didn't really like it - some of the wording just rubbed me the wrong way - and by the simple act of trying to define love, you seemed to have distorted it and put all kinds of boundaries on it - like the part about the moon - i didn't see your point
just being honest
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Wow, this was great. Good discription adn the words were wonderful. Keep writing, I enjoyed reading this.
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Well, I saw this up a lot, and finally decided to click. This was very well written. Long, and still it didn't quite lose it's captivity from beginning to end. I find that's a hard thing to do, and you achieved it. Very well done! I hope you keep this writing up, you're very talented. Great job, and the best of wishes!
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Excellent job I really liked it!
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Very good. I especially liked the line about orgasmic faking. There is a huge difference between love and lust, and as overused as that adage is, all of us must learn that at one point or another. Thanks for writing Love is one of those topics that is very tricky to write about, indeed, because of how universal it is. You were a bit cliche at times, but it is forgivable because you did what you did rather well. Keep on writing, my dear, keep writing.
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Very beautifully written. I indeed love it. Shows real talent.
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Great poem! Loves it. lol! Get it? love...*Cough* yeh anyway. Of course, it's perfect. The ryhming, perfect as usual lols! I shall applaud!
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This is amazing I love it, you show how true love is something precious and unique..very very nice, and I loved the words that you used they pulled you into the emotions...very nice!
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Hmm Very nice poem, I wrote something kind of similiar, although i never got around to finish it. This is a very good poem
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I felt like I was in the audience on Def Poettry Jam!!!! *snap*snap*snap*!
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Wow this was a very powerful and thoughtful poem! I really really enjoyed it! Your really good!
-April(the all knowing ruler of apples)
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Hm.. It had a really nice flow, but you repeated the word Love a little too much toward the middle, i think. I also wasnt expecting it to turn out to be a poem about god... ._.;;
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WOW. That was beautiful! Oh i love it so much...amazing and so verry true. Keep it up! <3 kate
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this is a really nice poem,you laid it out so pure of feelings
wow what else can i say,not a word you said it all.sex and love are not the same but they do go togather to make you and yours one..like in man and wife..like your poem lots.... -
Excellent
Excellent, exquisite, profound, wise are just a few of the words to describe this wonderful piece: wisdom is found in love. Wouldn't it be wonderful if everyone understood the difference between sex and love? One wanes, the other remains.
With this golden write you have captured the true essence of love, the one found only in God and His Christ. Well done, poet, very well done!
Love and hugs, BonnieQ
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OMG! If I had applauses left I'd use like all of them on this poem! (Applaudes madly)! That's like the best poem I have ever read I think.
Love ya!
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This is a great poem. The theme is perfect, love is such a precious feeling and you've shown that here. It's great how you show a way of starting off lost and in despair, then alter this view when love is discovered. Nice
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Everyone looses a love, but in return they gain a love...love is a precious thing.
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this is a very beautiful poem and that its about love, great job.
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WOW, I love how you used just the right words to describe love. The flow was perfect. I love the line "Love arises above the impurity of thought". You used words I would never have thought of, and put them together. Great job!
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GREAT
This is a very lovely poem. It is so true. I mean that love is all those things and more. I really enjoyed this poem. I also agree with Lady Unique... But it is a GREAT poem -
awesome
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i agree with lady unique, this is an attempt at explaing that enigma love. but then to everyone love is different. Depending on your experiences and mores you are shaped, i do indeed like your explanation of love.
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Excellent
I got a little lost at the beginning but got into the flow during the "Love is" portion. Love is a gift we should never take for granted. Good work! -
Love is a great feeling, but sometimes we feel its more "interesting" to be depressed and upset than happy and in love, and we tend to try to mix the two.. eventually we figure out that "bad love" cannot exist it merely hurts us. that is the feeling i got from this, when you went from the first few lines into the "love is.." section. nice job!
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my take is this...
this is a poem about love but i don't know as i would call it a "love poem"
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This doesn't do anything for me I'm afraid. I don't think all the "Love is..." works it's been done before and it spoils the flow which is quite nice. Nice stab at some different imagery though, I like that.
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Love is what I have for this poem...
Love is what everyone needs to embrace...
love is something that shouldn't be chased...
Love is, what is divine...
Love is what you captured in your rhyme.
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Wow! This poem is awesome, especially the imagery that is used (cave, "Bridge that crosses the Great Divide". Good structure as well. Keep up the good work!
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Leeche~
Hey! I thought that this was a really poem. It was nicely written and it had a good flow to it as well. I think that you have a talent. Keep writing and thank you for sharing this with all of us here.
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Hey this was great! amazing...such excellent work. It was real deep and profound. The flow was excellent. You described love perfectly. it was amazing...take care.
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Wow! That was A really deep Poem, You are an awsome writer.
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This is amazing! I love how you described what love is. It really stuck with me and this is something that I think can help us all if we just realize what love really means.
Great work and thanks for sharing!
Little-Lovah -
exceptional as always
Did you know, Georges, that we are most prone to reading and
writing poetry when we are in love? Well that's what they say...
This is exceptional work, even for you. You have managed to
bring love to life, for me anyway. And your rythmn and rhyme are
near-perfect.
I did wonder where you had got to the last few days. Now I know.
Beautiful poem from a talented writer.
Luv ~ criss
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This was fabulous. It was rather long, but sometimes that's what it takes to say what you have to say. So woohoo for you!
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This poem..way too long. And kinda boring with the repeating of the words. But other than that it is a really good and indepth poem.
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That was really wonderful. It really shows how you feel. I personally feel that you outdid yourself again. you just keep doing it over and over. I love your work. Great job and never stop writing.
much love
heather -
wooo this is really good. it had alot of depth and meaning to it, there were some really good strong emotional lines aswell.
a great write, keep it up!
jessiKa
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Hey, great poem, I loved these two lines:
Inside, you found jewels and gold of untold riches
That were robbed from you, by life's, scheming, little bitches
That there is a great piece of poetry!! Great job on your poem!
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simply wonderful
The inuit have over 100 words for snow, and the english language posesses only one for love. It shows what is/isn't important when the language first emerged. The greeks have 4 different words for love:
Agape – love in action – this one I understand….
Eros – from which we get the word erotic… right? This one is physical attraction
Storge – to protect, nurture or care for – like motherly love - to love the child simply because it is her child. It is instinctual
Philia (Philadelphi, city of brotherly love) is the love between brothers/sisters
And even those don’t seem to explain all that love entails. I'm so glad that the people who speak English like yourself, are poetic - this work truly expresses what I have thought to be the unexpressable: Love.
What a wonderful work
blessings
mystic voice
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Excellent!
Excellent Wording, and Meaning!
This piece really moved me, and I'd like to thank you for sharing your thoughts, and heart of love!
Keep up the wonderful works, and I'll read ya laters friend!
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awww, I love how deep this poem was, I always love a very powerful and emotional poem well done, I enjoyed reading this.. It made me think too... another great poem from you
take care
XxGxX
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Georges, you have done it again. You never cease to amaze me. Your poems are so deep and so true. They always leave the reader wondering. This, my friend, is extraordinary. I love the flow of it. I love how you explained it. You dug deep into the mind and pulled out what is known about love. Very well done. Keep up the good work. This is a beautiful write. Worthy of an applause for sure. Blessed be my friend.
Kristen -
umm deeper into the human mind then usual but I am not complaining. Its great I think good meanin great use of wrods in deepth. Over all beatifull and something a bit diffrent then your normal work.
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this poem is so beautiful and it's meaning is just as lovely as the way it was written. keep up the great work!!
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I love this I love the idea of this and the very whole of it.. its true poetry
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love is a thing like gossip. its different for everyone that hears or experiences it. perhaps that is what is so great and precious about it. however im glad you shared with us what love is to you!
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Well you out did yourself this time, I don't think you can top this and if you do you are a wonderful poet. This was a treat to read. An ovation coming your way. GOD BLESS AND TAKE CARE LAURA
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This is a such a wonderful poem filled with so many wonderful lines of emotion! I think everyone can relate in some way to this poem. Thanks for writing and keep up the great work!
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"Love is pure and is not bought
Love arises above the impurity of thought
Love is the direct source on the original tree
Love is the aspiration to return to the Divinity
Love is the bridge that crosses the Great Divide
Love is the only power to cancel the Moon and all it's tides
Love is for giving and not for taking
Love is certainly not about the sexual, orgasmic, faking
Love negates anger and the evils of hate
Love is all, we spiritually desire in and manage to relate
Love is indeed, the gentle hand, twist of Fate
Love is freedom, child-like, crawling on the mind's ground
Love is the only source that is pure and parentally, profound
Love is the ultimate source and the total harmony of sound"
wow--how did you think of all of that? I would have put
Love is [dictionary definition].
...maybe that's why I'm not much of a poet..
Good poem, applause for you for having a great piece. Keep up the work!
-Arianna
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You have defined a great love but yet we should not expect love to be that perfect cus we will not be able to appreciate it existence if there's no thrills on it... yet above all, it's a good penned masterpiece...i have read so many poems and yours seem so reflecting...
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wow this poem is so nice and very charming.Great job.
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I think we could all write about love for hours on end and no two poems would say the same thing...Love is something different for everyone...Nice write.
Victoria Lin -
Interesting poem. The couplet setup seemed a bit contrived at times, however, it was still a good write.
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Love is emotion, it isn't an act
Given not taken a matter of fact
Love doesn't change, eternal it be
Change comes from people, like you and like me
Don't mold to our wanting, won't bend to our charm
If we think that it's love, that should be an alarm
For love's everflowing, it can't ever stop
And until one does see that, love will be a flop
Eddy
Yep, like I've been saying for quite a while, what we think is love is NOT what love really is...
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Wow, Leech! Once again, your words have rendered me speechless. You're right about a lot of things in this poem, I believe. Love IS a gift from God...so many take advantage of it and throw it away when they're through. As if it's no big deal. Great write!
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fabulous!
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quite an accompolishment ....... very outstanding. Yes love is all that, and u did one "h" of a great job getting it all down
i liked this one
Love is the direct source on the original tree
inspiring
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It is a gift from God, to all of us down here
Grasp it, embrace it and Love it, in him, it is whom you revere.
Hmm, the repetition with the word "love" at the end there kind of reminded me of my own poem on my author's page right at the top...I don't repeat the word "love", but I think I use a similar technique in repeating a phrase or a word. Very effective piece. I can almost imagine the last bit as a kind of rap song. Interesting. Maybe it's just my crazy imagination, but it has a very catchy rhyme and it all just flows and goes nice and fast in the mind. Wonderful. -
This is a WONDERFUL POEM!!! I really enjoyed it. You sure know what love is and you know how to write about it. I admire you very much. Jody
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What an outstanding piece of writing, you have done an excellent job stating a simple truth... This piece made me smile in that "thanks for reminding me" kinda way.
*grins* Astral Wolf -
well, this is a fery moving peice. I havnt been on this site in a while and this is the fist poem I have read. Its amazing! I love it, very nicely written!!!
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love come in many forms and on many levels. Alot of people have diffrent ways of looking at thing, and although I am not christian, I did find this poem very alive and incredably refreshing. well done hun
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i love this poem its great because the way it describes love is the way everyone wants to but can't but u did and its great and relates to everyone in some way
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