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What the fuck is love? 

27. November 2020, Jürg Messmer

Can I
without?
 

Can I love
without feeling loved?

Can I be generous
without making you stingy?

Can I be peaceful
without provoking violence?

Can I be right
without making you wrong?

 

Can I be rich
without creating poverty?

Can I be honorable
without degrading you?

Can I have dignity
without making you worthless?

Can I love
without turning the world in a turmoil?

 

Can I promote beauty
without inventing ugliness?

Can I wear a mask
without making you a thoughtless murderer?

Can I be considerate
without making you rude and careless?

Can I be respectful
without disrespecting you?

 

Can I help you
without shaming?

Can I feel worthy
without giving birth to the unworthy?

Can I be independent
without making you dependent?

Can I be confident
without making you unsure?

 

Can I be reliable
without you being erratic?

Can I be reasonable
without considering you as mindless?

Can I be enlightened
without taking away the light from you?

Can I be humble
without hiding my arrogant ignorance?

 

Can I be kind
without being unforgiving?

Can I control
without you losing control?

Can I honor
without demeaning?

Can I trust
without expectations?

 

Can I love
without conditions?

Can I survive
without killing?

Can I teach
without spreading ignorance?

Can I be legal
without making criminals?

 

Can I be wise
without being a dictator?

Can I love you
without you knowing love?

Can I vote for democracy
without blaming the lack of leaders?

Can I be truthful
without condemning the fake?

 

Can I win
without the losers?

Can I know
without ignorance?

Can I bring light
without spreading darkness?

Can I be comfortable
without others discomfort?

 

Can I be careful
without suspicion?

Can I conquer
without conquering myself?

Can I live attentively
without war excitements?

Can I be alive
without risking death?

 

Can I be vegan
without ignoring the cycle?

Can I be aware
without a context?

Can I be happy
without being a terrorist?

Can I console
without needing consolation myself?

 

Can I conquer
without dividing?

Can I leave you
without leaving myself behind?

Can I judge you
without risking judgement?

Can I be free
without a prison?

 

Can I be healthy
without spreading disease

Can I be safe
without acknowledging insecurity

Can I be alive
without addiction?

Can I want space
Without sharing spaces?

 

Can I touch
without interfering?

Can I be neutral
without exporting weapons of any kind?

Can I be alone
without being lonely?

Can I be mindful
without thinking?

 

Can I be serious
without being boring?

Can I be funny
without being shallow?

Can I be touched
without something touching me?

Can I fear
without being labeled neurotic?


Can I be frigid
without a heart melting?

Can I doubt
without doubting?

Can I infect
without being infected?

Can I be passive
without provoking activity?


Can I be consequent
without stumbling

Can I be compassionate
without passion?

Can I move
without moving you

Can I be simple
without ignoring complexity?

Can I see limits
without seeing what is beyond it?


Can I question
without hesitating?

Can I walk
without walking over?

Can I console
without needing to be consoled myself?

Can I say love
without asking what the fuck is love?


PS: I'm working on the length of my poetry

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