The Flame of Jah.”
by Seah Greenhorn
(poem with copyright)
"Look! You are beautiful,
my beloved.
Look! You are beautiful.
Your eyes are those of doves.”
Do not these lips speak of love?
Yet, the King's lair
is filled of soft tresses
of golden, black, brown, red
aging or youthful strands
of cultures fair.
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Is it of love in which he speaks
when he knows not of me?
Still he seeks
to have; to hold
as if my love is bought
then sold.
May I be so bold
as to say
my shepherd boy,
for whom I pray
with him my heart
expands and pounds
with each his step
on pastured grounds.
I am his
for now and always.
Please do not make me utter words,
Your Kingship,
though your gold can build a castle strong.
If I lie to you of feelings deep,
my soul will drip
in sorrow drown.
Tis not love I feel for you,
nor you for me.
You know not how my spirit sleeps
upon the breast of my dear one true.
You know not why his kiss I dream
laying silent near silvery streams.
My shepherd boy, I've come to know
through trails and paths as I did grow
a sun-kissed tan upon my skin.
My brothers warning:
"Do be a wall,"
protected us from lustful falls
beneath the vineyards lovely limbs.
Tis not of love you wish for me;
for if so it is
or ever was
Please set me free.
Signed:
"Your
Eyes of Doves,"
For my Shepherd Boy
lives to hold my heart
as His treasured key.
This is an example of attraction; infatuation and love.
Song of Solomon 1:15; 8:6
The Song of Solomon beautifully describes the love that a man and woman can have for each other. The song is about the love between a country girl from the village of Shunem, or Shulem, and a young shepherd. This is their story: The girl was working in her brothers’ vineyards close to where King Solomon and his soldiers were camped. He noticed the girl and ordered his servants to bring her into the camp. Then he told her how beautiful she was and offered her many gifts. But the girl was in love with a shepherd and insisted that she wanted to be with him. (Song of Solomon 1:4-14) The shepherd looked for her and went into the camp. When he found her, they expressed their love for each other with beautiful words.—Song of Solomon 1:15–17.
5 When Solomon returned to Jerusalem, he took the young woman with him, and the shepherd followed her. (Song of Solomon 4:1-5, 8, 9) Nothing that Solomon said or did could change the girl’s love for the shepherd. (Song of Solomon 6:4-7; 7:1-10) So Solomon let the girl go back home. Finally, the Shulammite called to her dear one to come running to her “like a gazelle.”—Song of Solomon 8:14.
love • society • spiritual • teen
Song of Solomon 1:15; 8:6
The Song of Solomon beautifully describes the love that a man and woman can have for each other. The song is about the love between a country girl from the village of Shunem, or Shulem, and a young shepherd. This is their story: The girl was working in her brothers’ vineyards close to where King Solomon and his soldiers were camped. He noticed the girl and ordered his servants to bring her into the camp. Then he told her how beautiful she was and offered her many gifts. But the girl was in love with a shepherd and insisted that she wanted to be with him. (Song of Solomon 1:4-14) The shepherd looked for her and went into the camp. When he found her, they expressed their love for each other with beautiful words.—Song of Solomon 1:15–17.
5 When Solomon returned to Jerusalem, he took the young woman with him, and the shepherd followed her. (Song of Solomon 4:1-5, 8, 9) Nothing that Solomon said or did could change the girl’s love for the shepherd. (Song of Solomon 6:4-7; 7:1-10) So Solomon let the girl go back home. Finally, the Shulammite called to her dear one to come running to her “like a gazelle.”—Song of Solomon 8:14.
love • society • spiritual • teen
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