Valentines Day Poetry Contest Submission: Caitland Okorafor 9
February 19, 2014
Love
Love,
What does it really mean?
It means
Blood and sweat
Tears and pain
Sacrifices for whom or what
You care about
Love is
An unbreakable bond
Shown through actions and words
Kindness, consideration and concern
Not wanting to see your Love hurt
It means
Giving up your dreams
To start a family
Through sickness and health
Love is
Making up after
A bad breakup
Like jumping off a cliff
Your head says “NO!”
But your heart says “GO!”
It means
Power to the people that
have captured it
Love is
Like a rumor everyone talks about it
But no one truly knows
Love happens
To the people angry at the world
When they least expect it
Love is
Like heaven
But can hurt like hell
Love can
Pull you in
Even when you resist
Love is
The most powerful
Cure in the world
Then …BAM!
Love is gone
Snatched away
You didn’t understand
You didn’t know
That love was blind