Intellect: A Forbidden Fruit

by vaibhav shah   Mar 30, 2008


Soul and Super soul
Two separate entity
But only one identity
Merging into each other
Having understood it
Getting away with confusion
Acquiring the final salvation
Leaving those animal instincts
And working hard for supreme goal
Man tries to become God
But then question rises-
Does he become God
Or turns into an evil
For Satan had also been an angel
Second in rank after God
What led him to destruction
Were both ego and ambition
Are they sign of animality
Or outcome of intellectuality
For animals do not long
For the knowledge forbidden
It is the wisdom of Man
The reason and rationality
That makes him proud
And thinks different
From others
He thinks he has become
An angel or Almighty
But-In reality
He is only a Man
A Man-
Full of weakness
Passion and emotion
Desiring for happiness
Trying to avoid sadness.

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  • 16 years ago

    by Gabba Gabba Hey

    Very good:
    on the second line, perhaps you should say:
    'both a separate entity', otherwise 'entity' needs to be 'entities'
    'Were both ego and ambition', there's just something wrong with that line, perhaps the use of 'were', and the last thing is 'Desiring for happiness' perhaps just 'Desiring happiness?'
    Once again, another really good poem from you...you've definitely got something. You think pretty deeply and have a good head on your shoulders...I still look forward to more!

  • 16 years ago

    by Abha

    The above comment has not come out well so I am repeating it since it cannot be erased.
    It should be read like this:
    ther are many poetic features which are precipitated in your writing:
    The piquant vocabulary reveals the poetic taste..
    the monologue states the variance of two States
    1. The animal as born crude
    2. the intellect emerging out of the consumptions of the forbidden fruit.
    The biblical imagery is great and symbolic too.
    The goal of life is what we acquire by our learning or through the natural instincts.
    The reference to Lucifer as Satan brings the Eden garden imagery before our eyes.
    Well penned.. I loved reading it
    Keep it up vaibhav

  • 16 years ago

    by Abha

    There are many poetic features which are precipitated in your writing…
    the piquant vocabulary reveals your poetic taste..
    the monologue states the variance of two states, that is being animal as born crude and the other the intellect emerging out of the consumption of the forbidden fruit…
    The Biblical imagery is great as it is symbolic too…
    The goal of life again is what we acquire by our learning or through the natural instincts…
    The reference of Lucifer as satan brings the Eden garden scene before our eyes…
    Well penned….I loved reading it.. Keep it up Vaibhav…