Another Love Song

It’s time again for the Season of passion When roses, chocolate are the fashion I wonder how the purest emotion Evolved into a worldwide promotion. Why? I still wonder. It’s just painful to accept How can a beating heart with darkness be swept? Hope lingered as doubt into my own heart crept… I won’t give up on human race…its flaws I’ll try to accept… Yet, I hear the words; and the pain is rekindled within: “I love it!” is whispered with a grin Hidden behind a mask that wears thin… Weaving a web of lies without a trace of chagrin Smiling… Bright yet so dark It’s fading… The doubt chokes my soul It’s like opium; I reminisce … Oh, the one that made me whole… I reached the gate of eternal bliss Now I am on the brim of Hades…