This poem struck my attention because I wondered if it was written by an engineer – or at least someone who is a pragmatist at heart. Depending on your view of true love you might be inclined to think it comical – especially the last several stanzas.<\/p>\n
True love. Is it normal
\nis it serious, is it practical?
\nWhat does the world get from two people
\nwho exist in a world of their own?<\/p>\n
Placed on the same pedestal for no good reason,
\ndrawn randomly from millions but convinced
\nit had to happen this way – in reward for what?
\nFor nothing.
\nThe light descends from nowhere.
\nWhy on these two and not on others?
\nDoesn’t this outrage justice? Yes it does.
\nDoesn’t it disrupt our painstakingly erected principles,
\nand cast the moral from the peak? Yes on both accounts.<\/p>\n
Look at the happy couple.
\nCouldn’t they at least try to hide it,
\nfake a little depression for their friends’ sake?
\nListen to them laughing – its an insult.
\nThe language they use – deceptively clear.
\nAnd their little celebrations, rituals,
\nthe elaborate mutual routines –
\nit’s obviously a plot behind the human race’s back!<\/p>\n
It’s hard even to guess how far things might go
\nif people start to follow their example.
\nWhat could religion and poetry count on?
\nWhat would be remembered? What renounced?
\nWho’d want to stay within bounds?<\/p>\n
True love. Is it really necessary?
\nTact and common sense tell us to pass over it in silence,
\nlike a scandal in Life’s highest circles.
\nPerfectly good children are born without its help.
\nIt couldn’t populate the planet in a million years,
\nit comes along so rarely.<\/p>\n
Let the people who never find true love
\nkeep saying that there’s no such thing.<\/p>\n
Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.<\/p>\n
-Wislawa Szymborska<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
If you enjoyed this poem you might want to read a little bit about the author’s Wikipedia page<\/a>. Her background information and poem quoted above caught my interest. I must read some of her other poems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This poem struck my attention because I wondered if it was written by an engineer – or at least someone who is a pragmatist at heart. Depending on your view of true love you might be inclined to think it comical – especially the last several stanzas. True love. Is it normal is it serious, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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