Which came first: Philosophy or Heartbreak?

I actually enjoy Nietzsche's work- this poem was just something fun to work on.

“The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.”

However- the same man who coined the phrase

that edgy kids quote, unknowing of the source;

Yes, Nietzsche, would be quick to disagree.

Yet Nietzsche himself hath* loved little more than a harlot*.

And, consequently, stumbled along a path of disdain.

 

Proclaiming to the world:

GOD IS DEAD!

Could it be, dear Friedrich, that bitterness hath* tainted your outlook?

Could it be, that you rue Paul Ree’s endearment for dear Salome? 

I only wish you the pleasure of love-

nihilism be damned.

Yet you play as if it is the last thing in the world you’d desire:

“You go to women? Do not forget the whip!" 

How petty! How childish! 

O*, my dear, please lead me to a conclusion-

an explanation for your spite- 

beyond your rumored death of syphilis!

Author's Note

*911 I just OD'd on pseudo-olden English
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