Deprived of your Love Contest

What is the shore without the sea
Aimlessly wondering watery dreams
Deferred desolate depressed empty
Is how I am without love in me

That one true love for which one is blind
Without it there is darkness blackest of times
Is like a blue bird without a heart song
No white wind of romance to carry it on

Without love there is nothing to fight for
No reason to desire life would be a bore
Amethyst art would starve forever more
No apple of the eye to amber adore

Without love music would be dead
The humming of machinery could be heard instead
Humanity would die off no kids born
Feelings would be liability and scorned

Without love I am an empty cocoa shell
With no inspiration no wishing well
No dedication or passion that bleeds
That is what lack of love does to me
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Woods Avatar
June 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I love this exploration of life without love... it's so true and so very scary to think about! A fave for me! Xo
Jones Avatar
June 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Wow Crystal I’m honored you fave it! Thank you!
Greenhough Avatar
May 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I like how you embodied love in your poem. Perhaps humanity is losing an important component of life.
Jones Avatar
May 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Thank you!
George Avatar
April 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
"Without love I am an empty cocoa shell With no inspiration no wishing well" So very true dear Karen. Love is the force that propels us forward. With out the fuel of love, life will be like a broken vehicle, discarded in a junkyard. Beautifully written.
Jones Avatar
April 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Thank you Valsa! You are kind!
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April 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Karen, I agree it’s a wonderful write, you’ve written exactly what lack of love does and what it needs. All the best for the Love Contest… Beryl
Jones Avatar
April 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Really? Wow thanks Beryl!
Goldsmith Avatar
April 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
WOW!!! What a wonderful write. Great Ending.... Love your line, "Without love music would be dead." So Very True... "Good Luck" if for a contest. Have a blessed day writing away...............
Jones Avatar
April 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Thanks Paula! Yes it’s for contest.
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