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Cupid’s Arrows

February 20, 2023
By JamesW PLATINUM, Minneapolis, Minnesota
JamesW PLATINUM, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Favorite Quote:
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” - Jack Kerouac


Love that outruns the quick

Love that beats down the strong

Love that steals from the mind 

And gives to the heart 

Love like the sudden jolt 

Upon diving into cold water 

Love, you never met a sensibility 

Who you couldn’t override 

And pull along on a string 


Love talks loudest of any emotion 

Causes folly on the daily 

You, love, are a trickster 

A liar and a traitor 

Nothing but insanity cloaked 

In robes of euphoria

Printing rows of sentiments 

Misery, elation, anticipation 

God is anywhere and everywhere 

You shoot your arrow 

Down from the heavens and decide


The author's comments:

Inspired by Seamus Heaney’s The Burial At Thebes.


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