Sunday, October 30, 2022

"Because She Would Ask Me Why I Loved Her" by Christopher Brennan

 

Because She Would Ask Me Why I Loved Her


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.



Enjoy the poem with beautiful music.


poem video👇

https://youtu.be/nsmZlcJXU54





Who wrote the poem "Because She Would Ask Me Why I Loved Her"?


Christopher Brennan (November 1, 1870 – October 5, 1932)

 

Christopher Brennan was an Australian poet and scholar. His poems were not popular with the public because his original works were published in small editions or circulated privately. However, his works were highly regarded by literary critics for their vitality and sincerity.



"Because She Would Ask Me Why I Loved Her" explanation


In the poem, the speaker tries to answer his loved one’s question of why he loves her. There are no words to describe why he loves her. To him, loving her is the very meaning and reason of his life.


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