love poem

there are lotta twisted ideas about love and romance out there.  we grow up feedin on them through music and movies.  plus fam and older people tell us things that ain’t healthy.  everyone has an opinion on it.  here’s my humble take.

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“LOVE is a figment of the imagination
A fragile conception
that misleads the heart
into doing more than just beating”
A self-proclaimed realist speaking her truth
and I conclude
Some of us wear cynicism like a mask
to hide broken hearts
Putting all hopes and dreams
into one person
After the relationship falls apart
our world crumbles along with it
but it ain’t LOVE
LOVE does not hurt, it heals

we’re granted more than one chance
to find true LOVE
our actions determine our destination
we draft our own destiny using given tools
with intentions guided by LOVE
our two hands can create paradise every single night
but we mistaken LOVE for
empty words and false promises
Don’t see when we’re being used by selfish motives
Get hurt and blame LOVE for broken hearts
but it ain’t LOVE
LOVE is reciprocal and boundless

some of us just wanna be saved
searching for personal saviors in potential partners
searching for that knight in shining armor to
whisk them away from earth crushing emptiness
that goddess to rescue them
from burning in fires of loneliness
And some of us still desire honeymoon phases and happy endings
LOVE at first sight
As if infatuation is no different from devotion
We’re meant for each other
As if there’s only one person in the entire world that’s right for us
You complete me
As if we’re partial beings waiting for that right person to come along and make us whole
and I believed
I got scars to prove it
Simply put
If we can’t grow together, it ain’t LOVE

Initially perceived tragedies are
life’s opportunities for growth
sometimes crying
brings us closer to the meaning of true LOVE
And sometimes we gotta endure
the worst heartbreaks
to discover the meaning of true LOVE
Can we truly appreciate heaven on earth
when we’ve never felt hell inside our hearts?
This whole LOVE thing ain’t easy cuz
LOVE is a beautiful mystery

I wanna place my heart next to yours
showing I don’t own you and you don’t own me
I wanna surrender to this journey
while maintaining my own identity
I wanna accept that there are no finish lines,
just moments of continual natural highs
Now that’s LOVE

I am searching for enhancements to my state of being
I’m perfectly fine the way I am yet I won’t settle for being just fine
I wanna experience pure bliss
at the touch of your lips on mine
I wanna feel tired at the end of the day
only to feel alive when I look into your eyes
I wanna get sick and be medicated
by your warm embrace and countless kisses on my face
I wanna spend days with you in silence,
communicating in reverence by touching each other
all over our bodies, all over the place
from the living room to the staircase
leaving sweat drenched body imprints on walls that can’t be erased
Now that is LOVE

© pathanapong pathanadilok 2006