Poetry

“What is Love”

01/28/2019

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If love bring pain,
Stay in the rain.

If love should die,
Why even try?

If love be cruel,
Why use the fuel?

If one’s to blame,
Then why feel pain?

If love’s not there,
Why even care?

If love’s not yours,
Then find all cures.

If love’s a tear,
When even dare?

If love should stray,
Why even delay?

If love should sour,
It’s not the hour.

If love bring pain,
Stay in the rain.

If love should die,
Why even try?

If love be cruel,
Why use the fuel?

If one’s to blame,
Then why feel pain?

If love’s not there,
Why even care?

If love’s not yours,
Then find all cures.

If love’s a tear,
When even dare?

If love should stray,
Why even delay?

If love should sour,
It’s not the hour.

If love should creep,
Then why lose sleep?

If love should be drowned,
Then why the sound?

If the sea subsides,
Why look for tides?

If we cannot pray,
If there nothing to say?

If a dream goes sour,
Can another one flower?

If a memory should fade,
Why draw the shade?

If a leaf should brown,
Then should we frown?

If a man should tire,
Did he lose his desire?

Perhaps there are answers,
Into what I’ve inquired,
But alas I’m that man,
Who grew too weary.

Don’t ever pity me,
For having lost my way.
If I ever find the answers,
Per I’d even stay.

Love is the answer,
Of this I am sure,
But mine was a brief one,
Like an overnight tour.

There were moments of joy,
And some sadness too,
Bud I’d like to remember,

The bad ones as few.
Tonight I’ll get into my car,
And leave town once again.

I’ll search for still another place,
One that I’ve never been.

This journey won’t be easy,
As easy as before,
For leaving a love behind you,
Is like watching a game without a score.

So if there’s going to be a tomorrow,
With happiness for me,
It surely won’t be in this place,
Where I’ll never again feel free.

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Shawn Spainhour