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Because She Would Ask Me Why I Loved Her
a poem by Christopher Brennan
If questioning would make us wise
No eyes would ever gaze in eyes;
If all our tale were told in speech
No mouths would wander each to each.
Were spirits free from mortal mesh
And love not bound in hearts of flesh
No aching breasts would yearn to meet
And find their ecstasy complete.
For who is there that lives and knows
The secret powers by which he grows?
Were knowledge all, what were our need
To thrill and faint and sweetly bleed?.
Then seek not, sweet, the "If" and "Why"
I love you now until I die.
For I must love because I live
And life in me is what you give.
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Christopher Brennan was once considered one of Australia's greatest poets. Today he is practically unknown. Thankfully we have Wikipedia, and you can get some good info about Brennan and other characters who have drifted into obscurity over the decades. Brennan's poems are really products of his era, which is why I find them compelling.
a poem by Christopher Brennan
If questioning would make us wise
No eyes would ever gaze in eyes;
If all our tale were told in speech
No mouths would wander each to each.
Were spirits free from mortal mesh
And love not bound in hearts of flesh
No aching breasts would yearn to meet
And find their ecstasy complete.
For who is there that lives and knows
The secret powers by which he grows?
Were knowledge all, what were our need
To thrill and faint and sweetly bleed?.
Then seek not, sweet, the "If" and "Why"
I love you now until I die.
For I must love because I live
And life in me is what you give.
**************
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Christopher Brennan was once considered one of Australia's greatest poets. Today he is practically unknown. Thankfully we have Wikipedia, and you can get some good info about Brennan and other characters who have drifted into obscurity over the decades. Brennan's poems are really products of his era, which is why I find them compelling.
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Beautiful, thankyou, I loved it.
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Comment by jasmine
thank you, glad you liked it, I had never read Brennan before. It is always great to be exposed to the written documents of a great mind who has fallen away from hstory's page.
jasmine