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'''Poems'''

'''Author:'''  [[Rawar]] of [[Arjuf]]

'''Description:''' A book of poems by the first husband of the [[Scarlet Empress]], studied for their purity of expression and feeling (unmarred by politics and without agenda).

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'''Contents:'''

''contentment''

when you ask why i dwell here docile among the far green hills, i laugh in my heart. 

my heart is happy.

the peach blossom watches the river running but remains content.
 
there is a better [[Heaven and Earth|heaven and earth]] than the busy world of men.

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''bound in chains''

can there be any greater chain

than one which stands invisible

which glimmers not in candlelight

which binds the heart so tightly

while flesh remains free


there is no greater chain

i will have none of it

take your smiths and anvils

your mines and your forges

wrap yourselves around in unseen links


i have my cave

i have the sea

and the wind blows gentle company

i need nothing more


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''i have seen a road''


i have seen a road that wanders in green shade,

that runs through sweet fields of flowers.

my eyes have traveled there,

and journeyed far along that cool fine road.

but i will never really walk that road;it does not really lead to where she lives.

when she was born,

they bound her little feet with leather bands;

my beloved never walks the road of shade and flowers.

when she was born,

they bound her little heart with leather bands;

my beloved never listens to my song.


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''third admonition''

there lies within us

a power which defines us

completes us

supports us.


there lies within us

a power which drives us

protects us

delights us.


there lies within us

a power which consumes us

terrifies us

controls us.


the power within us

strikes out five times at us

devours four limbs from us

takes our soul from us


the power within us

demands so much of us

does not care for us

will someday destroy us


will we ever let it go?

[[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Poetry]]