Poems
The Impact of Love
Speaking of changes, one issue that never seems to remain static in life is emotions. More specifically, when it comes to love, the interesting part is that people whether or not in a relationship live through the same situation and experience it so differently it seems as if they were never connected at first place.
I got more interested in defining love about a year ago, when I was catching up with my good Irish friend Jane, that was pursuing her dissertation at the time on the Psychology of Love. Her research focused on studying couples that had just decided to get married. Emotion is an incredible factor in decision making, let alone marriage.
The innovative and creative spirit of this project motivated my own research on the topic, and my attention was fully captured by the triangular theory of love. To be honest, my first impression was that this theory was going to be all about love triangles, but on the contrary it describes the different combinations of love levels you can have in a relationship. Commitment, Intimacy and Passion are key to love but do not necessarily coexist.
These three elements, along with my Greek mythology background, inspired me to write a poem trilogy that embodies the notion of the triangular theory of love and its three pillars of in the form of a love triangle between Apollo and two of his nine muses; Melpomene the muse of tragedy and Thalia the muse of music, song and dance:
Melpomene
The intense lines Of her face Reveal her disgrace Betrayed, She gathers up All her strength She walks Down the steps She looks out The window 1 word comes deep from her soul WHY The air caressed her Silky hair No…life without love Is slow death She cannot stand the pain. Gentle waves took her away A summer night…
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Thalia
Innocence appeared In the form of beauty Wandering in a Colorful garden Where she met LOVE You could hear The flutters of her heart You could see happiness In her sparkling eyes She gave herself But Love had yet Been taken by dark thoughts. A secret was yet To be revealed Her heart broke She picked up her courage She left behind sorrow Now walks to find light
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Apollo
It was fate That gave him the fruit He rejected honest love To live the ultimate passion But he lost love’s compulsion This arrogance Broke two hearts He wasted precious feelings And his debt is yet to be paid He will live forever Lonely Anticipating death; Thoughts will hover To hunt his mind But punishment Is yet to come….
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