The Poet VIII by Khalil Gibran (my musical rendition)
Published 2021-04-07
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THE POET VIII by Khalil Gibran
I feel that this poem is really fitting for this time. As well as it being a perfect prelude for my first song, l’Épinette du Colorado, as they both share similarities within the story.
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Although being written a hundred years ago, I find that people have still not come to appreciate the Poets of the World. We live in a society where we reward the people who act, but not those who truly live. Namely, those who embody God and Nature.
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This is how I would further add to the meaning of a poet in this context:
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He is the person whom no one truly admires until He shares his wisdom. For this Man doesn’t feel the need to speak incessantly, but speaks with ease when asked to. He is like The Poet, who lives each day dedicated to His Art, namely His Life. Yet, no one seems to see the splendor of his lifestyle and mindset, and instead they focus on the Greatest Men that have ever lived.
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As Lao Tzu once said: ’if you overesteem great men, people become powerless’. That is the whole crux of it all. The world is mad not because of external immovable powers, but because of the mind’s misaligned focus.
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The Poet is a metaphor for Oneself. Until when shall thou be blind to see beyond the mist of Illusion? Until when shall thou not realise the transformative Power thou possesses?
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Humanity has been led astray by the corrupt, made to think that Our powers are absent. I am here to tell you the Truth: the Power is at your fingertips. Relax your mind and see the magic unfold.
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#love #poetry
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очень красиво!
