Episode 66: Together and Apart_a poem by Joanne Z. Tan
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Last newsletter, I wrote a poem, “Is a Life Complete Without another?” about basically…what’s the point of marriage?
Here’s another poem “Ode to Idea Love”, the exact opposite.
Perhaps the best thing I learned from law school is to see the same issue from opposite points.
Want to read the last “cynical” poem? Here's the newsletter it was in:
https://10plusbrand.substack.com/p/joanne-tan-memoir-poem-awards-blogs
(Frankly, as of now, I like the previous poem better: “Is a Life Complete Without another?”)
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Together and Apart - Ode to Ideal Love (nothing to do with Valentine!)
Together and apart
The ebb and flow, strings of the heart.
Stillness needs a disturbing stone,
rippling music, love’s tone.
Absence feeds imagination,
longing softens tribulation.
Eager fingers caressing harp strings
Improvisations unceasing;
playing, playful, played;
Inevitable, spectacular,
fateful stars,
merging paths.
Together and apart,
the yin and yang of the heart.
Synced flow of a galaxy
dance in harmony;
Order or disorder
cannot keep them apart.
Not meant for many
Not for any cause
Not out of duty
Not because of charity
Not for any reason
All for that one beloved person
Whose sights intrigues
Whose voice moves
Whose movement captivates
Whose mind activates.
Like the Moon around the Earth
waxing and waning
on a committed course.
Far and near
Up and down
Never deviates from eternal bond.
Together and apart
Out of two souls forms one
Never depart.
© Joanne Z. Tan
Written on Jan. 10, 2022
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