Love is...

Love is

Finding the hay in the needle stack

It is longing for a hand to hold and then longing for an empty house

One without scaffolding

Love

Is not patient

It runs fast, holding onto forced dopamine and what ifs

Love

Will never be kind

Love is jealous and deceiving it is always on my mind

Love takes morning jogs with compromise, gets her drunk to agree to all the things she wouldn’t normally agree to

Love hurts

Like the feeling you get when you belly flop into a pool of your own expectations

Being left only to drown in the lack of realism of it all

Love is adolescence at its finest

Pure and clumsy,

Confident with no testimony

Love is deaf and Love is blind so it likes to use its hands to compensate for it’s lack of direction

And I’ve already had a taste of heartache and to be honest I’m not ready for a full course meal

If I could

I would offer up all the things that I couldn’t change and ask for for a refund

Maybe

These bruises can serve as my receipt

I thought that maybe if I was fast enough

I could outrun irony and wouldn't have to deal with the sudden halt of delusion

But it seems as if love

Has known this all along

Author's Note

added onto an old piece of mine

Reviews

[Everett DeValle]

Love is...(drum rolls) A battlefield...I hold my dear philosopher, Pat Benater on the mantle...I based many poems on the inspiration of that song lol...Love feels good and love hurts..it's like an addiction to nicotine...it's a filthy habit but feels so good. :)

Good luck in the journey.

[Cat]

Thanks :) good luck to you too

[Everett DeValle]

You are very welcome, Cat. Well, thank you Cat...I need all the luck I can get. ;)

[thetish]

Love it! Adolescence at its finest- what a perfect description of love. Thanks for sharing.

[Cat]

Thank you :)

[The Iron Horseman]

I love this, Cat. It is very well done and it captures the angst perfectly. You've got to admit, though, that when you find the right person it is the best thing in the world! I also loved your use of irony.

[Coyote Poetry]

A very good poem. Love is lesson and learning. Bad lessons become needed wisdom in the emotion of love. Thank you Cat for sharing the amazing poetry.
Coyote

[Cat]

Thank you for the lovely feedback :) you're too kind

[Coyote Poetry]

Was my pleasure to read your work and you are welcome.

[Poeticme]

Well I guess this proves once again that love is what you make it, this is a wonderful piece of writing my lady, powerful and deep, thanks for sharing your heart with us☺

Poeticme

[Cat]

Thank you for your kind review I really appreciate it:)

[KippyTheWordsmith]

Wow, all I have to say is wow. This is such an impactful piece of literature. How you can show abuse in such a format that makes something about it feel neurotic. I don't know many writers who could pull something like this off. I can't stress enough how great this is.

[Cat]

omg you're so sweet thank you for your kind comments I appreciate it a lot!