Plato preferred prototypes, permanency and the realm of forms Life is ephemeral, like the silhouettes of shadows, the fleeting wisps of smoke Socrates said a skillful dramatist should also be a comic poet The stanzas of my story were interwoven with the ink of irony I was a contradictory study in character, a puzzle of paradoxes. It was the desire to perpetuate immortality through intermediaries Hermes, Homer and spiritual messengers between gods and humans, I was a sophist and this wasn't a typical nine month gestation period. Saplings sprung from pregnant soil after Three years of metaphysical conception, after I had Crumbled the mausoleum doors of my mind. Nurturing newborns derived from dialectic, intellectual intercourse The disciplines are mirrors of its invisible manifestation This was reproductive birth in beauty and I was Standing on the summit of a sage's illuminated ideas The pinnacle of pyramids built from mortar and bricks. It was the synchretism of songs, souls the orators of speeches Climbing the spiral staircase of an ascending hierarchy, to Heavenly Aphrodite Our musical notation navigating the scales of discord and harmony Love was the path that lead to the pursuit of philosophy.
Reason for writing:
I feel that love is the desire to possess what's eternal and good forever. It defies comprehension and transcends all physical boundaries and limitations. This poem is inspired by all of the people I love, my friends, family, and my one true love who always provides fuel for my creative pursuits, and that's my boyfriend D.
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