LOVE, INSANITY & FOOLS
I
“No one can be in love
and be wise”
-Francis Bacon
Is this love?
A man’s whole life
revolves round hers?
He thinks nothing else
but of her fullness.
If this is love,
love is insanity.
Is this love?
A man leaves Lagos
and in a hurry gets to Jos.
No! he’s got no job there
But he wants to see her.
If this is love,
Love is insanity.
Is this love?
That a man wakes in the night
and writes of no other thing
Than to scribble about her
But to do so of his thesis, he wouldn’t dare
If this is love,
Love is insanity.
II
Must a man be a fool,
To be in love?
Can’t he be in love
Without being her fool?
Who loves a fool?
Nay, no one
Why then do love
And loving make men fools?
True love is wise.
It’s a height.
It makes bright,
And has no lies.
What then has the fool
To do with love
A large pool
Beyond his forte
Love is for the wise
For those who know
How to make its wine
In the souls of men glow.
Love is above fools
It’s a song for wise souls,
A sacred pool
Which foolishness fouls.
III
Love is insanity;
Love is for the wise.
-Gbadegesin Sijuade-Kings
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NOTE: The three parts were written days apart.
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Tunde said,
September 8, 2012 @ 7:07 AM
Nice!!! There is a kind of foolishness that is OK and that is what you described here. I have often said relationships cannot survive even with 99.99% commitment! It has to be 100% from both parties and that makes you look ‘foolish’ lol……been a ‘fool’ for 21 years now hahahahaha
Well done. By the way, say hi to her…..in Jos abi? LOL….
kingsiju ...the positive phenomenon! said,
September 8, 2012 @ 7:26 AM
wow! thanks for the review. She isnt in lagos, but love has taken me places!
Dr Erhumu said,
September 8, 2012 @ 7:43 AM
Lovely. Your poem has adequately dispelled Francis Bacon’s assertion . love is indeed for the wise.
oscarpoems said,
September 8, 2012 @ 7:45 AM
This rocks. Love is for the wise, yes the wise only. True love does not make us fools. God bless you. I follow immediately