Could you be loved?

Could you be loved?

So much weight these words bear

Such hope and unsurety

What does it take to be loved

To be needed

To be worthy of the attention of another

To puzzle piece your life into another

To leave a void in your absence

But could you be love

and be loved?

You could be feared, envied, coveted,

worshiped, owned, despised

But could you be loved?

Could desire inspire love to be mistaken?

If a stranger dressed in love's attire

sold you love in a dream

Would you discover this lover's façade

and scream?

Or don rose-colored glasses

accept that love is blind

and everything you've heard about love could be wrong.

Love is not something you see

Love is not something you possess or give away

Love is not something you know

 

It’s an understanding

That love just wants to be

So love dismembered itself

Dissolved into microscopic pieces

And reformed into atoms

Atoms formed cells

The cells formed tissues

Tissues into organs

To organ systems

That created something new

Something with ideas and desires

Something so imperfect but full of potential

Something that could will to be what it wants

Something that could hate and be hated

Or be love and be loved

 

Love is not something you see

Love is not something you possess or give away

Love is not something you know

Love is you

Reviews

[ANTO]

This is very thoughtful and well constructed self-assessing writing.
It does make the reader ask that main question (the title) of themselves so you succedded in your aim I feel, here.
"You could be feared, envied, coveted,
worshiped, owned, despised
But could you be loved?" - Im sure Bob Marleys song inspired this and its as relevant today as it was then. Are we loveable (and can we love back?) I think if we can love then we are lovable.
Bravo Lizzie :))

[Lizzie Mitchell]

thank you
I started this one after looking up the lyrics to Bob Marley's song and realizing it says could you be love and be loved. I always thought it was just repetition of the word "loved" but it has so much more meaning. It was thought provoking. Thank you for adding your thoughts. This piece isn't finished and I may be inspired by thinking on what you said... If we can love then we are lovable.

[ANTO]

He was a musical genius and a philopsher. I mean - as you point out - he was asking 'could you be LOVE' - the force - the feeling - the energy, thats is pure LOVE? Astounding when you think of it.
And of course logic dictates that the reverse must be true too - If we can love then we are lovable AND if we are lovable then we can love.
YVW Lizzy - good luck at school my friend.

[Lizzie Mitchell]

Thank you
The only thing this school is doing for my creativity is fueling my anger

[ANTO]

Fear leads to anger, Anger leads to hate, Hate leads to Suffering and the Dark Side young padawan. ;p

[Lizzie Mitchell]

and the dark side is filled with creative energy!
so it's really helping me :D

[Cassie]

I also ask these questions most of the times and you have penned it right

[Lizzie Mitchell]

thanks it's one of my most dreaded topics but i was inspired by bob marley (obviously)

[Ilerah]

Like the way you wrote it, you are excellent at writing poems, read a few more of yours a few days ago. Really like all the passion you have in all your poems, not just rhyming words.

[Lizzie Mitchell]

Thanks so much
Writing is mostly a cathartic activity for me
It releases a lot of emotion that I tend to keep inside
Allows me to be honest and vulnerable
I'm glad that it shows
Thank you so much for reading my poems
I'm open to critique

[Ilerah]

Your welcome, always glad to read good poems. I am following you, in a non creepy way, by reading your stuff.

[Lizzie Mitchell]

I'm reading your writing as well. You're really goof. I'd love to share some of my ideas with you for some of yours.

[Ilerah]

Ok I'm fine with that, sounds good.

[Clara Verde]

I think this is fantastic. I like the way you put the questioning into words, and I love the solution at the end. It makes it even more beautiful.. The complexity of the topic being put into the "simple" truth of the last sentence.. In my opinion truthful sentences are to be used like this.
I am very happy I read this.. Thank you

[Lizzie Mitchell]

Thank you so much.
I haven't even looked it since I wrote the second half today during class.
You opened my eyes to the structural characteristics of this piece, which were not all intentional.
I mostly wrote it as I thought it. It means a lot that you appreciated that detail.
Poetry is where I feel I am the most honest so I'm happy to hear you appreciate that aspect as well.
Thanks so much