Where Did The Love Go?

I feel like people use each other for personal gain, and love isn't as real as I remember it being. Maybe it was always this way, but I remember it being better.

Where did the love go?

 

I remember as a kid

No matter what I did

There was love

 

A special kinship between those I knew

A feeling so true

That I knew we were connected

 

Now that love has been corrected by selfishness

Greed, a love of one's self, not others

Rules the minds of those I thought were dear

 

All that's left is fear of being used by others

Trust is swept away like dust

 

Leaving friendships strong as iron to rust

 

For love not to leave us

Honesty is a must

And without love we're lost

 

I do the best I can to be a good friend

And help those in need

 

But for love to exist, trust is the fee

Author's Note

Sorry this is a little short. Please tell me what you think about it, anything you think I could add or change would be appreciated.



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Reviews

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Maybe now you can add that true love exists, no matter how long but it exists. People are just manipulated by their brains no one is born with greed, selfishness or crime. Love isn't always from humans to humans it can be materialistic... You love your poetry, isn't it true?

[R.J Calzonetti (SinisterPotatoe)]

I suppose so

[zaisham9393]

This is so true! !You perfectly expressed how some of us feel!
Thank you for sharing :)!

[Najam Us Saher]

Very true. You have captured human nature and scenario of today's world in this poem. Beautifully written.

[R.J Calzonetti (SinisterPotatoe)]

Thanks, I'm happy to hear that! I really appreciate the review!

[Najam Us Saher]

You're welcome ☺

[Farhan Shaikh]

Yes it is short but lovely..well penned

[R.J Calzonetti (SinisterPotatoe)]

Thanks Farhan!

[wordman]

i guess we all wonder,it seems times and attitudes change over genarations

[R.J Calzonetti (SinisterPotatoe)]

It's sad to think love would change as the years went by.

[Bear]

I personally like short poem between 10 and 20 lines, to often long poems end up writing different wording but with the same meaning in a number of lines. Old saying goes, why say 100 words when you can make your point with 25 unless your a politician lol. I think you captured the effect of the changing times has on people and the relationships between them, I like it :~) Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!

[R.J Calzonetti (SinisterPotatoe)]

Thank you Bear!

[Zoya]

When there's nothing left, trust and hope become one of the greatest saviours of our life. I feel really connected to the pieces with which I can relate, you've evoked that feeling once again. It's very sad...to know that there's no love left here, only greed, selfishness, cruelty. You made me feel your words once again. Thanks so much for sharing!

[R.J Calzonetti (SinisterPotatoe)]

So you feel the same way? It's too bad really. But even if there's no love in our lives, we can still create it by helping others, sharing, caring. I hope that some day love will come back into the lives of people who feel they have lost it.

[Zoya]

That's what I do. I have figured it out, people who want to see others happy, care for them, love them, usually don't get in return what they deserve. Yeah, I feel the same.