Binding Spells and Love's Epistles: A Library's Song

"Within her chest, a tome of tales untold,
Each page inscribed with lovers brave and bold.
Though binding fraying, chapters yet unfold,
As if by magic - or so I've been told.  

What epics lie between those covers, pray?
What star-crossed pairs tread those pages today?
Might Romeo and Juliet have their say?
Or Lancelot and Guinevere hold sway?

Perhaps Alexander, who for Hephaestion fell,
Has a verse in which his longing to tell.
Or Sappho, whose desire lit her like a spell,
Has lyrics locked in that library's cell.

Which mythic couples through those lines will dance?
Will Dido and Aeneas get a chance
To rewrite their tragedy's wretched advance?
Or will their story remain happenstance?

Might Solomon pen a new Song for Sheba?
Could Antony and Cleopatra's drama be reborn?
Would Tristan and Iseult's passion rage on?
All this and more within her heart's chamber

Yet I alone stand outside these closed covers
Glimpsing only hints of what within harbors
Oh, would that I could part those pages as lovers
And at last illuminate verse that forever honors

The eternal trope of you and me.
But alas, I lack the key
To unlock your anthology,
And peruse its poetry."




















   The poem is part of a full version found in the book “Homo Sapiens” Part Part I - XVIII, written by Mawphniang Napoleon. This book is part of the popular “Homo Sapiens” book series, which can be purchased online at various online bookstores, such as Amazon. The book is available for purchase for those who are interested in reading the complete version of the poem. Remember to get all the books from the “Homo Sapiens” series, as well as other books by the same author.   So, don’t hesitate and get a copy today from one of the many online bookstores.   Khublei Shihajar Nguh,  (Dhanewad  )(Thank you )