Summary :
Impossible love poetry: Poem ‘Condemned to love without being loved‘
'Condemned to love without being loved'
Burning flame, ardent desire
Consuming my heart every moment
Your eyes are beacons in the night
Lighting my soul with sweet conflict
But this love is a thorny rose
Its divine petals, its fearful stem
The more I try to pick it with my hands
The more its thorns hurt me and pour out my sorrow
Condemned to love without being loved
In the silence of my thoughts entwined
I keep this flame deep
Burning for you, body and soul
A forbidden love, an impossible dream
In your arms would be so peaceful
But destiny decided otherwise
Depriving me of your love, for eternity
Perseverance. N.R
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Analysis of poem ‘Condemned to love without being loved’
Mad love, forbidden love
There are feelings so powerful, so uncontrollable, that they defy reason and convention. This is the case of mad love, this burning and passionate love which consumes the entire being. The poem “Condemned to love without being loved” illustrates with poignant intensity the suffering of this one-sided love.
“enlightens the soul with sweet conflict.”
From the first verses, the images evoke the devouring flame that sets the heart ablaze. “Burning flame, burning desire, consuming my heart every moment.” Love is described as an irrational force, a burning fire that cannot be contained. The loved one then becomes a beacon, a blinding guide who “illuminates the soul with a sweet conflict”.
But this passionate love quickly comes up against an insurmountable obstacle, that of non-reciprocity. It is compared to “a thorny rose”, beautiful and attractive, but dangerous to pick. Each attempt to grasp it is a new wound, “its thorns make my sorrow flow”.
“burning for you, body and soul”.
The author then finds himself “condemned to love without being loved”, locked in the silence of loving suffering. He must keep this burning fire buried “deep down” within himself, knowing that it will never remain unsatisfied, “burning for you, body and soul.”
“Fate has decided otherwise“.
This poem underlines with great accuracy the paradoxical nature of mad love. The most powerful desire there is, but also nameless torment when it is not shared. “A forbidden love, an impossible dream” that no will can realize when “destiny has decided otherwise”.
Mad love defies reason
This impossible love becomes a condemnation, a prison from which the soul cannot escape. The only way out would lie in abandonment, appeasement, but how can we put out such a fire? Mad love defies reason and crushes hearts in its path, until the vital forces are exhausted. A torment of tragic beauty.
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