[Buddha-l] {Buddha-l] Being in Love ... "& its only end is loss" (Franz Tue, 19th Feb 2008

[jkirk]

Inspiring, because it reminds us of anicca despite the wonderful memories. 
The poem also refers of course to monogamous love, or love of a child or
other kin--not to polyamory "love". 
Joanna
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ELEH EZKERAH -- THESE WE REMEMBER
 
Tis a fearful thing
To love
What death can touch,
To love, to  hope, to dream,
And oh, to lose.
A thing for fools, this,
But a holy thing,
a holy thing to love.
 
For your life has lived in me;
Your laugh once lifted me;
Your word was a gift to me.
 
To remember this brings painful joy.
 
'Tis a human thing, love,
A holy thing,
To love
What death can touch.
 
(this poem is atributed to Judah Halevi or Emanuel of Rome -- 12th Century)


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