Poems by Rawar
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).
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 than the busy world of men.
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
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 travelled 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.
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?
