Love Poem: Have You Ever Been In Love
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Written by: Rita Lopez

Have You Ever Been In Love

Have you ever been in love? 
How to even answer that question
Those who have been in love look crazy to the ones who have not
Where you don't even know why you love the person your soul just won't stop thinking about
You try everything to get away from them, so you don't think about them
Because it's just too painful
Yet something appears and you can't help but to picture them 
It sounds like an obsession
And you ask yourself are you sick
Why does this person mean so much to me
Especially when I mean so little to them
Does it ever go away
I hope so  
I wish you could just detach yourself from what the soul wants
What it needs 
Sure you can move on with your life and start over but memories just exist and you can't stop it when a memory just passes by
But walking through that pain is the best way to get through it
Honoring it for what it is
Not suppressing and coping
Easier said than done
At times I think some are addicted to that pain
How do you know if you are in love
Is it ones looks 
Is it ones mind 
Is it ones belongings 
Is it ones title  
Is it ones talents 
Love has never been described accurately
Just descibed the best way that someone knew how to articulate and write
Many have spent lifetimes trying to explain love
Where others could just feel it in their souls
But that’s just it
Love is a undescrible phenomenon
It only has ever been able to be felt not explained
And if you dont know oneself you will never know
So I ask you
Is your soul awake 
Is your heart open 
Is your mind balanced enough to receive it when it shows 
Love is suppose to recongize love, so I thought 
But when you are hindered 
When you are guarded
When you are scared 
When you do not trust 
When you don't know what unconditional love feels like 
You will never be able to recognize love for what it is 
And before you know it, if you aren't careful
It will just vanish 
Disappear 
Never to be seen again 
Sure you will find a version of what you felt, from someone else 
But will that version last
So many seperations, from those who thought they knew love 
But they didn't even know themselves, so how could they know love
It will never quite feel the same 
And ultimately you will be alone
Sometimes you will get a second chance 
And sometimes you only get one
So, I ask you have you ever been in love?