That's Not Just Love Poem by Okoemu Okoemu Okoemu

That's Not Just Love



If you can't talk about her everywhere
If you can't fill your thought with her name
That to call another woman's name
It is her name you're calling
If you can't love her like mad
And go crazy about her
If you can't believe in her lies
And you can't crush on her now and till you die
That's not just love!

If you can't lay down your life for her
Or you can't just bear in her pains
If you can't shed in her tears
If you can't give her the world
Or you won't love her excesses
And if you can't spoil her with love
Nor carry her as egg
And tend to her like a dove
That's not just love.

When you see her, even if
it is a second long ago you have saw
And your heart leapt not in joy
As if you haven't seen her for ages
And if you are ever tired of a moment with her
And if you have no emotional affairs with her
If it is just the 'doing' and eating
If you ever live a moment forgetting about her
Or ever have a discussion without reference to her
That's not just love.

If she is not a priority in your life
Her face doesn't excite you
Nor her beauty no matter how ugly
Intoxicate you and make you gaga
If her smells doesn't hunger you
And you hungry not for the taste of her mouth
That's not just love.

-Okoemu Okoemu Okoemu, Fra Diavolo

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