Freitag, 10. Oktober 2025

Philosophically Lovely

The philosopher is a remarkable man. You may not notice by looking at him in a superficial way, but he is one of the most gorgeous men I've ever seen. His spirit lights up when philosophy flows through his lips, radiating an enchanting elegance unparalleled by any contemporary standards of hotness. His appeal is profound. I don't think he knows. His spirit is pure, his intellect polished, and his heart is full of love.

I can only think of another philosophical man, a physical scholar, who rivals the philosopher's loveliness. He is attractive for other reasons. He exhibits a solid intellect and shares great insight. But he also inspires mystery. A genuine warmth concealed by cold facts. Passion, playfulness and existential chaos veiled by spiritual discipline and a devotion to truth. A philosopher at heart, no doubt, a stunning human work of art.

Clearly, these are not men for my day to day. But are meant to be loved and admired in an intimately philosophical way. Of course, I’d wish to spend more time with them to learn more about their thoughtful sway. Irresistible embodiments of philosophical loveliness they are! What an honor to be able to witness these philosophical men alive and in the flesh! How gay!

Thirteen years ago, I wrote a poem full of yearning and lament called “In Love with a Dead Man” (in German: Verliebt in einen Toten). It was about how I imagined interacting with philosophers past, missing them from a future when they’re absent, and I’m a lonely presence full of unfulfillable desire. But I must say, today, loving the living in fleshy philosophical display makes me gay. That’s the beauty of philosophy: Bodies may sway but philosophy will stay.

In Love with a Dead Man

Where was I when you spoke of form,
when you broke with the conventional thinking norm?
When you loved nature
and wandered with her in darkness through the night –
discovering the depths of being,
and beyond the six senses you awakened insight.

Where was I when, proclaiming the truths of life,
you ordered another beer at the bar? Or wine or liquor?
When your hand gave the table a drunken slap,
you turned away from the eyes of your bro
and with new words – your light giving him crap,
you made chaos order’s ho?

Where was I when, smelling the hair of your muse,
your power crawling free from society’s cues,
you forged new paths?
And you admired the fool with silent envy.
And you laughed at yourself, or cried?
When I wanted to tell you that our souls are tied.

Where was I when, a button falling from your liner,
you composed the next primer?
When you lived your humanness
and aspired to reach other levels.
When, bearing the painful aging body-clatter,
you transcribed your splendor into matter.

Where was I when you sank into the current of consciousness?
When, tormented by the passions of the living body-act,
you married beauty with fact?
When the river wet your foot’s crown
and, metamorphosizing, you jumped off the bridge?
With what last thought did you drown?

Where was I, lover, when God kissed your cheek?
When death, joy in your breath did seek?
Waiting was I
lurking in the future
where your absence is pure torture…

Verliebt in einen Toten (2012)

Wo war ich als Du von der Gestalt gesprochen,
als Du die Normen des leitenden Denkens gebrochen?
Als Du die Natur geliebt
und mit ihr bei Dunkelheit durch die Nacht gewandert-
die Tiefen des Daseins entdeckend,
die Sinne über den Sechsten hinaus erweckend.

Wo war ich als Du die Wahrheiten des Lebens preisgebend
an der Theke noch ein Bier bestellt? Oder Wein oder Schnaps?
Als Deine Hand dem Tisch einen trunkenen Klaps gebend,
Dich von den Augen Deines Gesellen wendend
mit erneuten Worten – Dein Licht ihn blendend,
Du Chaos in Ordnung gebracht?

Wo war ich als Du die Haare einer Muse riechend,
Deine Kraft aus gesellschaftsfreien Löchern kriechend,
Du neue Wege geschafft?
Und den Narren mit stillem Neid bewundert.
Und Du über Dich selbst gelacht oder geweint?
Als ich Dir sagen wollt unsere Seelen sind vereint.

Wo war ich als Dir der Knopf vom Mantel niederfallend
Du die nächsten Zeilen verfasst?
Als Du Deine Menschlichkeit gelebt
und nach anderen Ebenen gestrebt.
Als Du die Schmerzen des alternden Körpers tragend
Deinen Glanz in Materie übertragen.

Wo war ich als Du im Strom des Bewusstseins versunken?
Als Dich die Leidenschaft des lebendigen Leibes quälend
Du Schönheit mit Fakt vermählt?
Als der Fluss Deine Füße genässt
und Du metamorphosend von der Brücke gesprungen.
Mit welch letztem Gedanken bist Du ertrunken?

Wo war ich Geliebter als Gott Deine Wange geküsst?
Als der Tod sich langsam an Deinem Atem beglückt?
Wartend war ich
in der Zukunft lauernd
Deine Abwesenheit zutiefst bedauernd...

N.M.P

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Philosophically Lovely

The philosopher is a remarkable man. You may not notice by looking at him in a superficial way, but he is one of the most gorgeous men I...