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Mirror Poems: False Love / True Love
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Monday, August 17, 2020    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Mirror Poems

 

-- False Love --

John Herlihy

 

Not true love

But false love

Gives nothing

Wants everything

Accepts nothing

Rejects everything

Surrenders nothing

Demands everything

Receives nothing

Desires everything

Achieves nothing

Promises everything

In knowing everything

Knows nothing

 

-- True Love --

John Herlihy

 

Not false love

But true love

Wants nothing

Gives everything

Rejects nothing

Accepts everything

Demands nothing

Surrenders everything

Desires nothing

Receives everything

Promises nothing

Achieves everything

In knowing nothing

Knows everything

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(c) John Herlihy 30 June 2020


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 Reviews of "Mirror Poems: False Love / True Love"
Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on August 20, 2020
TO ME TRUE LOVE IS THE ABILITY FOR A COUPLE TO ACCEPT EACH OTHERS' IMPERFECTIONS...AND 'STILL' BE MADLY IN LOVE! OF COURSE, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE; PHYSICAL ABUSE...ETC. ENJOYED THIS COMPARISON, MY FRIEND. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Budd Nelson
Reviewed on August 18, 2020
it has always been this way, strongly said and then comparisons are spot on.

Reviewed by m j hollingshead
Reviewed on August 18, 2020

powerful sentiment



never stop writing!
m

Reviewed by Rebecca McKeehan
Reviewed on August 17, 2020
There is no such thing as "bad" love in my estimation. Love simply is. It comes from the spirit. If it is sick then there can not be "true" love. Just obsession.

Rebecca

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on August 17, 2020
The simplicity of the opposite principles is a vivid reminder of why so much of love fails: object prone. Whether one is of the "False" or "True", one needs to be reminded that love is a state of mind, of being, requiring only to live with a loving personality and conviction. Well penned, as usual.


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