What Is Love

I ask myself what love is, never 
seem to find an answer
Was plato right to say that love is a 
disease like cancer
Is love a myth, an emotion we make 
ourselves feel to fill a void
Or is it stored in us and we choose 
on who we deploy
Perhaps I am just  a cynic and 
pessimistic
Thou could it be that I am simply 
realistic
Consequently my opinions dont 
mirror that of my peers
Even thou we're not differed by 
years
I dont amplify everything that i hear
Nor can I imagine ever sheding a 
tear
At least not for now, but my future 
still unfolds
And I admit my way of thinking has 
froze me cold
Regardless of that, I refuse to play a 
role
In letting the words I love you 
become a cliché
Not everyone means what they say
For that is what i believe
So in conversation I retrieve what I 
conceive because I am not naive
Not enough to believe that most 
people listen to reason
At the end of the day, who in your 
life is truly worth pleasing?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Agustin Avatar
March 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
Austin Avatar
December 3, 2012 at 9:40 AM
Yes. A study in confusion - all quite normally human. Congrats on the selection. daver
M.Zain Avatar
December 7, 2012 at 12:15 AM
thanks but what selection?
A   Avatar
December 2, 2012 at 7:53 PM
abubaker m.zain ,,, congratulations with your poem featured on the soup home page... love it~ LINDA
Chawla Avatar
November 24, 2012 at 2:00 AM
Very besutiful!
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