No Legal Definition Thereof!
Superimposed over my conscience,
lies the veneer of social constraint.
I temper will, in a restrictive sense,
to avoiding the hubris of complaint.
My interaction takes a color of lie,
'white lie' as convenience purports.
Honesty and truth suffer but do try,
to eke out an approximate support.
While love, oh dear, is distorted on,
it's altar of intention can be abused.
Ferried on the words of law perused,
a contract of Biblical pursuit is used.
I cannot constrain in chain thus love,
something of sacred dispute is gone.
Laws of man transmute what's above,
into devil's commerce with the known.
Speak not to me, in a same breath,
such matter's of heart take new lease.
Keep the divine above such breadth,
of that notion, passion's own release.
When I say, "I love you", take at face,
no entanglement of a subtle despair.
Beyond words of man, I seek a trace,
of heart's own language to be aware!
TBollinger
Font size:
Submitted on August 03, 2014
Modified on April 24, 2023
- 49 sec read
- 4 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA BXBX XCCC DXDX XEXE FGFG |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 883 |
Words | 159 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"No Legal Definition Thereof!" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 26 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/80267/no-legal-definition-thereof!>.
Discuss the poem No Legal Definition Thereof! with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In