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He turned and spoke
“ I want to be friends, I want to be 17 again, I’m living like a 30 year old”
OK I said, I was hurt but what could I do?
But then he said
“ It would have been different you know, if we were older, It would have been different”
OK I thought and went.


How odd I thought, as I walked away,
Why would it have been different?
How could you be happy with a love then but not now?
I don’t understand.

Why is it when we are young love isn’t important,
A mere formality of growing older
But then only 10 years down the line
Whatever love might come our way
,Be it true or otherwise,
We snatch hold of it and never let go.
Just because it is some sort
Whatever sort,
Of “love”.

Are we so scared we’ll never find it again,
Then surely we should have been more careful with it
When it was in abundance?
Or do we just love for the sake of loving
It’s the thing to do,
The reason we are here.

I don’t understand,

In the society we live in
most are free to love whom they choose
We women are no longer the currency of marriage
So why are we so eager to settle down without love?
Why when we finally have to chance to experience true love
do we settle for a second best ?
It is because we are so scared to be lonely?

But surely wouldn’t we be happier
If, having waited for god know how many years,
We finally found our true love
Than settling for second best and living a loveless life forever?
This is a edited version of my poem a few thoughts on love.
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