{"id":145,"date":"2024-04-17T18:29:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T18:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-2\/?page_id=145"},"modified":"2024-04-24T01:08:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T01:08:09","slug":"love-or-admiration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-2\/poetry\/love-or-admiration\/","title":{"rendered":"Love or Admiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Oishee Mitra<\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There are certain emotions that you cannot articulate.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is expressed through poetry,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Through your eyes,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Your smile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You try hard to let them know how you feel,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">But you fail,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">You choke,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">You fumble. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You don&#8217;t desire that person,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yet you feel ecstatic by their presence.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">You don&#8217;t need them all the time,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Yet you yearn to catch their one glimpse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You made them your ideal,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">You want to be their reflection.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Have you ever felt that?<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">What is it, love or admiration?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You are like the moon behind the clouds,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Out of my reach,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">But you steal a glance at your mad spectators,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">And never let them know!<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">You are omniscient.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You illuminated my life,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">With your dazzling smile,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Your gleaming eyes,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">And I was drawn towards your bright light,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Like a moth to the flame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A sense of bliss pours through me,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">When you call me by my name.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">I feel so alive<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">When you&#8217;re near.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Love has many shades and many forms.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sometimes it&#8217;s between a lover and his beloved,<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sometimes it&#8217;s a mother and a child.<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">But what is it, that&#8217;s between us?<\/span><br \/>\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Love or Admiration?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oishee Mitra There are certain emotions that you cannot articulate. It is expressed through poetry, Through your eyes, Your smile. You try hard to let them know how you feel, But you fail, You choke, You fumble. You don&#8217;t desire that person, Yet you feel ecstatic by their presence. 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