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What is love?

October 1, 2021
By blackrose110 BRONZE, Greenville, South Carolina
blackrose110 BRONZE, Greenville, South Carolina
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What is love?

Is it when you look at that person 

and you get knots inside your stomach?

When you both start talking out of nowhere 

and he starts laughing making your day?

Even though you annoy him,

 he still stays with you despite being mean to him.


But..

He will tell you he loves you when he doesn't-

He will come up with excuses to avoid you

He will tell you he is with his friend when he’s up to no good,

HE WILL make promises to you he knows he won't keep.

He will keep you on a leash leading you on-

HE will say "you are my world” when he's kissing another girl's face

He will lie to you…...but you won't care..

You DON'T care.


Roses are dead,

Violets have dried up.

When  i look into your eyes,

I want to look away.

You broke so many promises 

about being there for me.

You broke your promise 

when you did IT.

You LIED to me.

I needed you-

You were my last hope.

I watch you as you slowly drift away from me…. 

You left...you didn't even say goodbye.


What is love?

A feeling of someone stabbing your heart repeatedly.

The feeling of anxiety of not talking to him.

A feeling of not being good enough for him.

Sitting in a room staring into space questioning 

everything that lead up to this moment.


Asking myself-

Is this my fault?

If i had stopped you,

That wouldn't happen….


It's my fault that it happened.

It's my fault you’re DEAD..

I was never good enough for you,

Yet I stayed with you til you found a new toy...


The author's comments:

This poem is about how peope think love is postive, happy,and beautiful when in reailty it can be toxic. I wrote this poem about my experience in love and my relationship with my best friend/crush.


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