thoughts, words, deeds

of lovers and poetry

“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.” Plato
Is Plato right? What do you think of the quote?

This is complicated, mostly because I have been single practically my entire life, and I don't feel incomplete for it. That doesn't mean I don't long for someone who would complement my life, but I don't feel like I am lesser for not having found him. But I do think that I have found a song, even without that special someone.

So, First statement: inaccurate. My song (as far as I know) is not imcomplete even though another heart has not whispered back.

Second statement: accurate. I feel that anyone who wishes to sing will find a song. That doesn't mean that a heart who wants duets will find one, but solos work as well.

Third statement: problematic: That's a poetic way of looking at things. Yes, the touch of a lover can make people want to share that love, which is what a poet does. However, romance does not necessarily lead to talent. So, the touch of a lover creates poets, mostly bad poets, and without a lover's touch, some people are poets anyway.

I think this series of statements doesn't show a logical progression of ideas as well as some other of Plato's statements do.