when love is & love is not

 

love is not like a note abandoned
on a barren floor that no one notices
it is a book full of feelings that
every reader has learned and known

love is not a dead rose trampled and forgotten
it is an epitaph where a beloved’s words are written
and read time after time in several seasons

love is not me knowing how to hurt you
but recognizing you more than myself
protecting you from any danger and harm

when love is and love is not
there is sadness that injures
there is joy that fixes

 

2013

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About chester maynes

poet, and a lover of music and books.
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14 Responses to when love is & love is not

  1. Thank you for following my blog queenofquery.wordpress.com. Your poems are beautiful. I love the imagery. I wish you the best.

  2. Jack Lee says:

    this is great lol, i especially like the 6th line. this poem would put anyone in a romantic mood.

  3. True description,
    It may feel exagerrated to some though this is how love actually is.

  4. Daphne Ogyen says:

    layered and thick. Simply complex. Simplex? love it.

  5. joseyphina says:

    Lovely! Beautifully written! Sweet!

  6. Love is a pleasant pain.

  7. Rosemontower says:

    beautiful usage of words… to describe something even moe beautiful! really liked it :)

  8. Mandy says:

    Your poems are the type I would love to write. They roll off the tongue, have inspiration and are truely beautiful :-) I love them and feel terribly jealous :-S

  9. This is truly deep and precious. This is one of my personal favorites from your poems.

  10. Nice!! I like this alot!

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