Showing posts with label Marxism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marxism. Show all posts

Friday, February 14, 2025

Red Roses for the Many

Here's a Marxist-inspired poem for Valentine's Day, blending themes of love, solidarity, and collective struggle:

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**"Red Roses for the Many"**  

On this day of hearts and lace,  
We speak of love, not just embrace—  
For love is more than fleeting flame,  
It’s shared in work, in cause, in name.  

The roses sold, their thorns unseen,  
Are grown by hands that go unclean,  
While capital thrives, the workers weep,  
Their love commodified, buried deep.  

But love, like labor, breaks its chains,  
In solidarity, it sustains—  
Not just for one, but for the whole,  
A collective heart, a common goal.  

So let us gift not jewels or gold,  
But bonds of care, both brave and bold.  
For love, like class, will rise and fight,  
To claim the world, to set it right.  

This Valentine’s, let’s redefine,  
A love that’s yours, and yours, and mine.  
No borders, no tiers, no masters’ sway—  
A people’s love, the Marxist way.  

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Happy Valentine’s Day, comrade! 🌹✊