Song by Allan Ginsberg

After reading the poem, “Song” by Allan Ginsberg, I was left thinking more deeply about the essence of love and the philosophy of it. He writes about the importance of love in people’s eyes in society as well as how it shapes our lives. The poet starts talking of love as if it was a burden, preventing us from living our lives completely. People are searching for this powerful feeling through dreams, daily days of living, as if it was the fountain of youth. He talks about love as if it was a “weight” in which we carry, he also writes as if it is the cure for such poison as well. People’s search for love can be overwhelming and bringing us down, but the cure for such sadness is to lean on love for support, “we carry the weight wearily, and so must rest in the arms of love.” The narrator wants to feel acceptance and a sense of wholeness in their body and the only way that seems to be possible is to find love.