Love,
It doesn’t exist.
When you think it’s true , thee may also,
But when it is
it’s felt inside.
It’s a feeling that isolates you from everything,
Everyone,
except for one.
Being around
or with another
is no option.
It just isn’t.
You can’t go through with that,
it would make you feel sick from the betrayal,
because the betrayal would make you feel sick if reversed.
You can’t imagine the look,
the touch,
the smell given unto another.
So out of respect you will not imagine them having to feel your thought.
Love is strong,
a very short word.
But a strong word, that is used so freely without remorse.
Used,
mentioned, and said even when not felt.
For real,
but will be felt, without being mentioned or said,
if truly for real.
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