"LOVE?"

"LOVE?"

Only thing I know 'bout love is that I know nothing
I hear it goes 'round and 'round like it’s globetrotting
First it lifts u up, and u don’t care ’bout nuthin’
Then it beats u down, like u stole something
I hear it’s longsuffering
Sounds like a lotta suffering
Not opining, call this LOVE CNN, which means I’m just reporting
I hear 13 Corinthians
Says love forgives and’s patient
Protects, trusts, and’s never failing
Is that what love is, should be? Real? Or is that the PC Version?

Here’s my one assertion
I’m not a fan of a lying hypocrite
Now there’s an understatement
She/he is my one aversion
You know the type that says things in versions
Very different stories per different persons
I know we not perfect
And I’m definitely not it
So I don’t expect it
But I've seen the worse of it
So it's hard to trust it
But if folks claim to love, aint they s'posed to mean it?
And if they so profess it, should we believe it?

He loved her, made her his wife and
She loved him, let him break hymen
Cut her up like diamonds
Backed her up like gammon
Now he’s gone, she’s wylin’
I know it's a bit graphic, but we goin' full immersion
So now the love's ended, and exes cast dispersions
And when love's unrequited, a heart is broken
And then the trend is to make up stories bout the person
Is love a four-letter-word?
It is
No cursing

I’ve seen some folks seem to think that lovin’
Means u always fightin’
Finding fault all the time, call it speaking their mind
It’s always something
Then making up makes up for all that griping?
Mental and emotional beating followed by cryin’?
Then long convos, ending in phone up-hanging?
Or, maybe, in “I love ya”s?
Perhaps some luvin’?
So is that the icing?
To this cake of love for which folks keep searching?

I don’t have an opinion, I’m not expressing a view
But I’ve seen booed up women holler at a dude
Then lie to their man to make him feel secure
Then tell their girls a different story, wanna appear like they pure
Disparage the unassuming, while they pretend to be demure
I’ve seen chicks and dudes with significant others
Always have a status up bout how much they love 'em
Then go about hollering and nut'ting
Ain’t that somethin’?
Or is that part of loving?
I don’t have answers, for real, I’m just doing the asking

I've heard that there are benefits
Like support and companionship
A constant right hand person
To share the good and bad and
The smiles and sorrows
Someone to hold on to into the morrow
A date for each occasion
No need for a rotation
Another committed to caring
A safe to store affection
Someone to call your own
Shout-out to Eric 'n' Sloan

But sometimes I wonder if
I’ve seen too much to trust and
Know too much to believe and
Whether it's worth that much and
If love requires intentional oblivion
Or if it’s really that important
There's only one thing I think I know about love:
The unconditional kind died when they went up above

~ Nohairdontcare ® 

(No answers, all I got is questions. :-). You're welcome to share your views in the Comments section. Thanks.)