The Poems

[Galatea]

Are beautiful

But no need to send me anyone

Unless it is your self

 

[Galatea]

Unless I am sending

Someone to you

I will keep praying

 

[faroukfarouk]

Interesting verses! so are these known as 'haikus'?

 

[Galatea]

Interesting verses! so are these known as 'haikus'?

No, they are not haiku, as the rhythm is 5,7,5.

Mine are just dashed off with no particular rhythm. Quickies, I guess. Just jottings.

 

[Galatea]

Oh! I do not know if they are from me to you or you to me

If they are from me to you, then it is lovely as you see me as one who loves and is not only obsessed

If they are from you to me, then it is lovely as you love me as a friend

If it is from God to you, then it is lovely as you feel optimistic about your future

They are lovely

 

[faroukfarouk]

No, they are not haiku, as the rhythm is 5,7,5.

Mine are just dashed off with no particular rhythm. Quickies, I guess. Just jottings.

Well, you know more about versification than I do, anyway...

 

[Galatea]

I think I am presumptuous.

My sweet, sweet friend. I broke the chains. You are free to leave me.

I am alright.

I do not want to hurt you.

Stay if it is pleasant. It is pleasant to have you stay.

 

[Galatea]

Well, you know more about versification than I do, anyway...

No, I don’t. Lol, I had to look up the rhythm. I thought haiku was 14,7,14.

I am no poet, I am a dasher.

 

[faroukfarouk]

I think I am presumptuous.

My sweet, sweet friend. I broke the chains. You are free to leave me.

I am alright.

I do not want to hurt you.

Stay if it is pleasant. It is pleasant to have you stay.

I think the word possessiveness/possess/possess seems to be a leitmotif here...

 

[Galatea]

I think the word possessiveness/possess/possess seems to be a leitmotif here...

Yes, I am possessive. One of my downfalls. I am like Beast in Beauty and the Beast and letting him go back home. That is when the Beast finally learns to love.

 

[faroukfarouk]

Yes, I am possessive. One of my downfalls. I am like Beast in Beauty and the Beast and letting him go back home. That is when the Beast finally learns to love.

I like studying words; in Latin, 'I follow' is 'sequor', which literally means: 'I am followed'. Passive form but active meaning. Which begs the question, Who is following whom? (I think from a poetic perspective, the word 'possess' can function similarly, sometimes.)

 

[Galatea]

I like studying words; in Latin, 'I follow' is 'sequor', which literally means: 'I am followed'. Passive form but active meaning. Which begs the question, Who is following whom? (I think from a poetic perspective, the word 'possess' can function similarly, sometimes.)

I don’t know. I think he stays with me out of compassion and pity because I do not want to be alone, and knowing he is here is a comfort. So my need has chained him to me. Because he is concerned about me.

I wish he did possess me. He possesses my heart, anyway.

 

[faroukfarouk]

I don’t know. I think he stays with me out of compassion and pity because I do not want to be alone, and knowing he is here is a comfort. So my need has chained him to me. Because he is concerned about me.

I wish he did possess me. He possesses my heart, anyway.

John 14.1-27