Love is blind?

Here's one of my philosophic poems. Deep thought about a deep feeling.


Love is blind

Love is blind?
It sure is!
Or would be,
If that would matter at all.

But does it really?
Isn't it the truth,
When the shiny light
Brightens everything around it,
And thus,
The formerly so dark,
So shadowy creatures
Once begin toturn their backs
From the grip of evil,
And by the shiny light,
They forced to close their eyes,
And see that richness inside,
What they always ignored,
When they believed,
That they see "clearly"
In their real world?

And is that blindness
A foolish belief,
Of an unaware adventurer,
When he's about to face
His impending destiny?

Or is it an action,
That the satisfied child does,
When after a long day,
Knowing his safety,
Travels to the heaven of dreams
In the arms of his caring mother.

Love. You have quite an interesting piece. It got me thinking a bit, especially after I read it for the fifth time. I guess I can't really look for more in this poem. It looked fine, except there are a few typos here and there.

gwenvar said:

Love is blind?
It sure is!

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Actually, right here, I thought the exclamation point was off. I mean it looked out of place in comparison to the overall theme of your poem. Then again, now that I think about it, love has downsides and upsides. It gives you joy, happiness, depression, etc. It's so many emotions into one. It's so complicated isn't it?

gwenvar said:

The formerly so dark,
So shadowy creatures

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I thought that the bolded so was a bit unnecessary. So-dark is kind of... well... weird, I guess. Sorry I used "weird" for a lack of a better word. I think if you just took out the bolded so, the flow would be easier.

gwenvar said:

Once begin toturn their backs

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And I think this is a typo. It should be two words, "to turn".

gwenvar said:

That they see "clearly"
In their real world?

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Something funny happened with "clearly". I see some kind of double-comma punctuation mark, and it's odd. Sorry, had to say it.

Overall, I liked it, especially the last stanza. It conveys feelings as well as questions and that's always a good thing with poems.

Thanks for the critics, glad you liked it! It's always fun to improve :)