So much I have invested.
Yet, wasted! None cherished!
I've only been used and tested.
All I've given just instantly perished!

LOVE!

Does any remain?
Deeply, for it I yen.
But so afraid I refrain.
Will I feel it again?

LOVE?

To me she was all that mattered.
How could she throw what was so good away?
She left my heart cold, bruised and battered.
A year has passed, but I'm hurting still today.

LOVE.

Is it only attainable for the wealthy?
Well today it cost a pretty penny.
Lonelyness doesn't seem too healthy.
Strangely I wonder if I still have any.

LOVE.

Overpowered by greed and deceit.
Too many times a word misused.
Does that wedding ring come with a receit?
A word of doubt when used, for it is often abused.

LOVE?

I feel blinded cause I can't seem to find it.
Hardly even true among mates.
Will I ever allow myself to be so binded.
Yet I'm so burned out of so many dates.

LOVE.

Does any remain?
It burdens my heart and put a strain on my brain.

LOVE!


by Willie Barron aka Contraban