It's Not An Emotion

What is Love?

It’s not an emotion…

just a feeling of the hour…

Is it our privilege?

Is this why our souls cower

in the dark all alone

in absence of its light?

We are all lost without

this word’s four letter might.

Life seems dim and lonely.

Lost, it feels most like a curse.

Crushed by low betrayal…

Sentiment born in a hearse…

But… what might we be

when we turn from the cold?

What might be our new fate

if our path may be so bold?

Between two lonely hearts…

a bond forged in loyalty…

a gift to birth our hope…

we find strength in honesty.

In it’s throes we revel…

an assured companion ours.

The heart of warmth and light 

On our future dream flowers

This pledge is an embrace

all the gift that is True Love

Love’s not an emotion 

It’s much more than we dreamed of

Love is more than passion…

always more than honest…

Love’s not an emotion.

My heart, Love is a promise.

by D. Denise Dianaty

Author's Note

After composing this poem, I issued a challenge to my Poetry Challenge Group to compose their own poems that seek to answer the question, "What Is Love?"

Reviews

[Pryde Foltz]

This pledge is an embrace
all the gift that is True Love
Love’s not an emotion
It’s much more than we dreamed of
Love is more than passion…
always more than honest…
Love’s not an emotion.
My heart, Love is a promise.

Yes … yes … yes …a truly beautiful and insightful write. MamaDi.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you.

[hardeep sabharwal]

Wonderful work, I really enjoyed it :)

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you.

[TL Boehm]

amen. Love is a promise. Great write.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you.

[Malister Mikey]

I really loved this poem, then again I am a sucker for things involving love. I was happy to read it thank you for posting great work, though I expect no less from you.

Sincerely, Malister Mikey

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you very much. This was the inspiration for the Poetry Challenge "What Is Love?" I think you'd enjoy the other answers to that question too.

[Malister Mikey]

I believe I would seeing my obsession with love

[MomzillaNC]

As obsession go, better love than hate or dogma.

[Malister Mikey]

lol yes I was so obsessed with hate for so long in my teens now I want nothing to do with it, Love is a power with no limit and all are capable of it, Hate is a limited power that ultimately hurts the user than the others.

[MomzillaNC]

Truly. Hate is limited and limiting.

[Malister Mikey]

very "If I hate and don't love I become the monster they are so desperate to believe I am." Jamie Wing Unholy Mask. One of my favorite quotes on love I've written in my book.

[MomzillaNC]

It's a sentiment I share.

[Malister Mikey]

If the world could only love this planet we call home would be truly paradise

[MomzillaNC]

If the people in the world could only love each other, we might have more chance of teaching them to love this planet.

[Malister Mikey]

that is true in my life I have found people tend to care about what comes after their life than the life they live and don't care what happens to our planet. I do my part in helping the planet, but others won't be bothered.

[MomzillaNC]

That's how things got to this point. No ever recalls that we are meant to be stewards of Creation.

[Tiana]

Wonderfully written ... I really enjoyed it, thank you ...

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you.

[Adam Whitworth]

I like this earnest outpouring

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you.

[Dannyisawriter]

This was touching and heart and I completely agree with it :)

[MomzillaNC]

TY :D

[MsJewel]

"Love is a promise" - Yes, I agree. Your poem is heartfelt and lovely!

:) Julie

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you.

[MsJewel]

"Love is a promise" - Yes, I agree. Your poem is heartfelt and lovely!

:) Julie

[Alfred Kukitz]

Remarkable to find the true meaning of love in your poem. I salute you!

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you so much.