Is Love Truth Or A Lie? Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Is love a lie or is it a truth, how can we tell for sure,
for at times it seems to be a truth.

We fall in love with another and our whole world is trans-
formed into a beautiful place where we become transfixed
with lovely and intense feelings it gives us.

Placing our self-worth in an atmosphere rarely attained
in life, except through love and it's truly exciting
desires and needs of another.

Yet at other times we suddenly see it all as a lie, as
someone we love dearly, suddenly cheats on us, finding
someone else to place their love upon, leaving a hole
deeply within our hearts.

Using or abusing us when they are supposed to be loving
us and who we are, why such a change of heart, is it then
that love is really only a lie?

A mystery of life that continually, either makes us feel
like we are in heaven or suddenly finding ourselves set in
hell, alone and forsaken, abandoned and we know not why.

Taking away self-esteem and leaving us at a loss and bereft
of any love at all.