Charmed Chaos
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Theory of Love
Where is love today?
Withering away
Passion
Holding hearts at bay
Emotions blur, grey
Ashen
Intimacy sways
When one is betrayed
Commitment decays
Souls become dismayed
Crashing
Burning in the fray
Nothing left but pray
Passion
Withering away
Where is love today?
©2021 Linda Lee Lyberg
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Charmed Chaos 
Sometimes I feel that love is more something we say,
or the lust of owning, claiming, deceiving.
not what we feel or are willing to give
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I couldn’t agree more. To achieve that state of unconditional agape love is difficult for us humans.
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There does seem to be a lack of compassion today. Nicely done with the lai nouveau–I didn’t even realize that’s what it was at first.
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I agree about the lack of compassion. Thank you Merril- that’s a good sign. It’s tough to get a rhythm with a Lai Nouveau!
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Yes, I’m not particularly thrilled with the form, but you did it well.
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Big smile!
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🙂
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Nice lai-ing…lovely thoughts.
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Thank you Sarah!
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Love must be a very fluid concept for so many to think they have found it only to be mistaken.
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Yes, so true. Thanks Jane.
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🙂
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Great poem Linda. Love exists in our personal perspectives. The only love in this world is what we project into our personal space… IMHO
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Yes, agreed. Thank you Rob.
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Ahhh love has been and will always be challenging to deal with..you said it well here..
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Thank you!
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Ouch. Betrayal can do so much damage.
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Yes, it can.
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I’m struggling with the lai but you’ve written this one seamlessly, Linda! Could it be that people today are afraid of love, of commitment; they don’t seem to have the staying power, which is seriously sad. I think a lot of that stems from examples given by people in the public eye.
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Yes, I think that is part of it, because it does take commitment, and a mindset that I am in this for the long haul.
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And thank you Kim for the comment on the Lai!
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“Compassion
Withering away”
“Nothing left but pray
Compassion”
Your poem is clever because of the line breaks – there is an undertow of hope in this bare faced look at love
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Thank you Laura.
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Hypothetical and unanswerable! I love the diagram, too.
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Thank you Rosemary!
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Sadly love and intimacy are misunderstood and rare concepts these days ..
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Yes, so true. Thank you Sanaa!
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“Compassion – withering away”….perhaps it is becoming tired, or overwhelmed. I enjoyed this poem, Linda.
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Thank you so much Sherry.
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All the traps laid out, a thoughtful response and great use of form, wonderful.
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Thank you!
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My pleasure
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I like poems that ask good questions – and yours is one. And not just questions without good reasons for asking the question in the first place.
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Thank you!
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I like how you set your lai nouveau on a search for love.
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Thank you Frank!
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We all need compassion and kindness from each other. Thank you for the reminder Linda. You are rocking the form, smiles.
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Thank you Grace!
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I see the personal relational love in family…in old friendships.
What I bemoan is the apparent demise of compassion in the us-them language and policies of today’s “leaders.”
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Yes, that’s so true Lillian.Thank you.
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Seems love gets left along the wayside along with gratitude and appreciation. Except here at d’Verse, of course! Great Poem Linda,
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Thank you Dwight!
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“Intimacy sways/when one is betrayed “ love it, Linda!
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Thank you!
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The art of love has disappeared. I miss love and chivalry
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Yes, indeed it has. Thank you Drew.
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An exsquitely crafted lai nouveau! You deftly portray the perils of love well!
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Thank you Frank.
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That’s the question I keep asking! Very well penned! ❤
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Thank you!
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