Short Poems and Spoken Poetry

Love Is Such a Powerful Thing | Spoken Poetry

Love is such a powerful thing
A powerful drug
A powerful belief
Where it lingers and cling
Like a lasting hug
A lasting relief

But tonight it didn't touch me
Tonight it didn't hug me
Tonight it didn't reach me
Because you were never with me
How could you be?

I see your smile
I hear your laughter
I smell your scent
But why stand from a mile?
Why put fault in my fire?
Do I always have to bend?

Do you remember that time?
You hit me up, said I was a dime
I believed each freaking line
Laced with sweetness, sugary grime

We were at the mall for the date
You pinned me for being late
You never wondered, didn't ask my gait
About how I just watched my mother fade
Yet your sweet, alluring words on lade
Continued facade, ruthlessly fake
Yet I believed each line

We were in front of many people
And you gave me that look of disgust
For accepting someone's treacle
You threatened me about lust

You told me I wasn't that pretty
You were petty
You told me I wasn't that good
You were cruel
You told me that I wasn't that cool
I was A FOOL

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Looking back makes me to loudly cuss
Yet I believed each line
I believed your lines
Because I was a fool

But now, I realized my mistake
I realized why it ache
Why I break
Why I fake
I pretend happiness like an actress
Because sadness is such madness
I couldn't do it anymore
I walked away
I went away
You screamed
You threatened
... But I was done
I was gone
You can't control me
You cannot hold me
Not anymore
Not. Any. More.

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Love. . . is such a powerful thing
A powerful drug
A powerful belief
But I am not a thing
Nor a stupid bug
Nor a disbelief

See my smile
Hear my laughter
Finally, you're paying attention
As I smile for my victorious release
As I walk with my thundering berceuse
Enjoy this while you can
Because you will never have this anymore