Love Isn't

The isn't factor in love

If love were easy,

Simple and carefree

The world would be filled

With everlasting peace.

If love were simple,

Easy and carefree

The world would be filled

With jaunty dancing glee.

If love were carefree

Simple and easy

The world would be filled

With harmonious sweeties.

But love is not easy.

It’s a battle with no end,

Screaming and fighting,

Refusing to bend.

But love is not simple.

It’s complexity to the core,

Cheating and lying,

Promises stuffed in a drawer.

But love is not care-free.

It’s phantom obsession,

Carelessness or abandonment,

Stalkers or unrequited depression.

Love can never be

Easy, simple or carefree,

But with a little compassionate mercy,

And understanding impartiality,

Love can conquer, effectuate and defeat.

Author's Note

Please feel free to be as constructively honest as you wish. Any suggestions or corrections are much appreciated. Do not rate or review based on opinion or subject of this piece. If you would like the favor returned please send me a read request or a message with the piece you wish for me to review! Happy writing :D

Reviews

[Willard Wells]

Very well done work here. True words everyone. Great structure and content.

[♔ CrownedDevil &#..]

Love can be complicated at times, but only real love can conjure all and survive through the rough patches. Nicely penned.

[Sunya]

I was skeptic about the poem until i read the ending :) love indeed is a powerful weapon ;) But if one gets rid of his/her ego then love is not as difficult as you have felt..maybe you need to experience something breathtaking :D
-Sunya

[Briana O'Connor]

thank you for taking the time tor read

[MomzillaNC]

Love is a difficult thing. But, real love must be sacrificial… to love someone so much that their happiness means more than your own… enough, even, to set them free. You've set down the complexities of love and the ruin of obsession.

[Briana O'Connor]

thank you for taking the time to read.

[MomzillaNC]

You're welcome.

[Mayank]

Love is difficult, feelings make it easy. Love is undefinable.

[Briana O'Connor]

thank you for taking the time to read

[Beccy]

'Tis better to have loved and lost
than never to have loved at all.' Alfred Lord Tennyson.

Difficult sometimes, but how right he is.

Beccy.

[Briana O'Connor]

thank you for taking the time to read

[Coyote Poetry]

Great wisdom in the poem.
"Love can never be
Easy, simple or carefree,
But with a little compassionate mercy,
And understanding impartiality,
Love can conquer, effectuate and defeat."
The above lines are rules to live by. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Briana O'Connor]

thank you very much for taking the time to read.

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome.

[spitballing]

I disagree a little bit. If the romantic relationship is to rocky one does have to know when to call it quits. Strife isn't always a good thing and sometimes relationships aren't supposed to work out. I think a lot of people can understand this.

Love can't always be easy, but love should never be a battle field. Balance is always everything. I still like the poem though. It does sound nice and is pretty well worded.

[Briana O'Connor]

thank you very much

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome.

[Baby Ricochet]

My advice, something I rarely dole out in reviews, is not to tell your audience what you do or don't like about your own work because they'll zero in on it. Just let them read it then monkey around with editing when you think of something better to put down. Love is a huge pain in the a*s because it makes no sense what so ever and yet it's what most of us love for. Go figure, right?

[Briana O'Connor]

Thank you very much for that advice. I tend to be pretty hard on myself.

[Steve L.]

Yes,yes, and by the way, yes!!!

[Briana O'Connor]

lol thank you for reading.