Is this Love?

by standard - Pisces

If love is a battlefield,
Then I burned my draft card and ran up to Canada
If love is a #1 pop song,
Then I lost my hearing and started to read more
If love is a little puppy dog,
Then I'm violently allergic and own some fish
If love is a five course meal,
Then I’m not really hungry right now, I’ll stick to the appetizers
If love is emotional progression,
Then I'm a Neanderthal
If love is something everyone is supposed to understand,
Then my instructional pamphlet got lost in the mail
If love is something,
I feel nothing

Do I know love? Well only if love is an empty room where the lights flicker, the floor creaks, and the next door neighbors won't turn down the television
I sit and wait for the door to open and for her to reappear and make things right again, but instead I'm greeted by catalogs and an extra-large sausage and olive, stuffed crust
I ponder my mistakes and get distracted by my failures
If love is a battlefield,
Then I've been shot down, made a bloody mess, and left for the vultures' afternoon delight
And as the moss covers my body and my bones slowly disintegrate, I think to myself,
" Is this love? Well, it was sure worth the wait. "
Birth sign: Pisces
Date created: 2002-01-12 18:38:58
Last updated: 2021-03-03 14:45:34
Poem ID: 66681

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