🍁WHAT LOVE REALLY IS🍁

They say that love brings only peace,

Yet deep within my soul I see

Betrayal’s mark, deceit’s sharp release,

And lies that cut like bitter sea.

When feelings fade and glow grows dim,

All heavy pain begins to flee—

Only then does darkness grow thin,

And grief at last is set free.

Perhaps it was not love at all,

But need and use and simple sense;

No warm embrace, no gentle call,

Just purpose built on self-defence.

Maybe your heart knew what was best,

Chose what was useful, what was plain—

Love was not what you possessed,