Love Vs Pain

Love is wretched.
Love is cruel.
Love is meaningless,
Unless you're a fool.

Pain is beauty.
Pain is not evil.
Pain is everything —
Nothing can equal.

They say love is a wonder,
But I think they're all 
delusional.
For pain is better than love,
But love and pain are mutual.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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May 19, 2013 at 1:47 PM
Adrianna, Congratulations on your Featured Poem of the week. Take Care *Linda
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May 14, 2013 at 11:07 AM
Nice poem reflecting most real situations. For me love is simply happyness and joy.... never pain!
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May 14, 2013 at 2:04 AM
Deep and beautiful at the same time :) love it.
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May 9, 2013 at 9:06 PM
Adrianna, your poem is very enjoyable, :-) Wishing you a nice warm welcome to Poetry Soup. Wishing you the best in your writings. I hope you find this community to be one of the best. May you find inspiration by reading some of the poetry written here by other poets, and myself? If you ever want or need feedback on any given poem, please look me up by clicking on my name anytime you're on line. I'm looking forward in becoming your #1 poetry soup fan. Please keep me posted every time you post a poem <3 LUV ~*~SKAT"
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April 28, 2013 at 10:43 PM
born of each other i meant to say... :-)
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April 28, 2013 at 10:18 PM
I love the way you compare both. You can't have one without the other. Adrianna "Welcome to poetry soup. My name is Linda: many poets on the soup call me PD for fun. I’m looking forward in reading and enjoying your poems. I Hope you find what you are looking for when it comes to poetry inspiration. I would love to offer any poem you recommend positive feedback. Thanks @-> LINDA <-@"
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