Parrot by Elijah Lovejoy
Sometimes it feels as though I have no words of my own
I speak and speak but all i put forth is echoes
I look at myself and see emptiness
For there is no one to describe me
I am told I am clever, witty, with a sharp tongue and keen eye
And yet I can find no cleverness within myself
My wit feels muffled, my tongue leaden, and my eyes dull and unseeing
What am I missing?
There must be something?
After all I can’t have fooled everyone
So there must be some truth to the words
Some indicator I am missing
And so I smile and play the parrot
Spouting forth words espousing qualities my eyes are blind to
Desperately gazing at mirrors to see if there is anything there
Does anyone know where i should look
Is there a map that will lead to the truth of me
Please kind folks pity the parrot?
Won’t somebody lend me their eyes to see
An Enquiring mind by Elijah Lovejoy
Can anyone please explain what love is?
Because for all that our society spends a great deal of time talking about it. I still find myself confused.
It's said that to see a lover can cause the heart to skip a beat. So does that mean love is a heart condition?
But feeling the first stirrings has been described as butterflies in the stomach. So maybe it's a condition of the bowels?
Really all of the metaphor has me confused. We spend so much time talking about it. But nobody ever really has anything clear to say.
A scientist would tell me that love is a chemical process. A series of reactions designed by evolution to ensure the species propagates.
If that's true is there a store bought version for those of us who can’t find the real deal ourselves?
But if there was it would probably be illegal. After all, with the way so many cultures seem to be so obsessed over this baffling condition. I guess a pill to let you feel like someone loves you would be cheating.
But anyway, back on topic. Love what's the deal anyway. All these stories push it forward as the ultimate force to compel action. Ineffable and inexorable, an absolute driving impetus
But sometimes I have to wonder if there truly is any force that strong. Is the love writ in the epics real? Or are we all just caught in some mass delusion and were all too embarrassed to admit it.
It has to be real right? There has to be some truth to the myth. Just one glorious dream that really does come true sometimes.
I'd really appreciate a solid answer here. A conclusive truth. So can someone please give me an answer, solid proof that we're not all just chasing a mirage.
Can someone please tell me what love actually feels like?!?
Someone!
Anyone!
please?