Keep Love Alive

 

Have you took a look at popular love stories,

Like the ones in the books and on t.v,
How about Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet,
Is it just me or are those more like warnings instead?
That's our examples of love stories?
That's the way industries want our lives to be?
What kind of love are we buying into here,
And don't that look more like coercion and fear,
Our societies are full of ideas like that,
Death for true love, What a load of crap!
All of that is so wrong to me,
That I can't begin to possibly conceive,
How people can believe such preposterous notions,
It's beyond my imagination and every emotion,
That says love isn't some hair brained game,
To build up a lie then trash it with the same,
Cheaply replacing one person for another,
Claiming cheap thrills as a conquering lover,
Sounds more like some kind of infection,
Without any form of natural affection,
For anyone else except their selves,
Pretending money is needed to love their self,
While they hitch'em and ditch'em play'em and scatter,
Away like cock-roaches after the matter,
What's worse than that being played like a tool,
By someone always looking for a fool,
To arouse when they want to argue and fight,
Not giving a damn about who's wrong or right,
They just want attention some ill wrought plan,
To prove that their worth is more than,
The people they're using for all of their dramas,
Stressing their neighborhoods, kids, dads, and moms,
Then whining around and fronting a face,
That they're not to blame for all of the waste,
Of time and energy and money spent on them,
So what if you're upset it's just a whim,
That you will get over one day if they allow,
You to move on with your life somehow,
They want us to pine away with some old love song,
When we knew love was there, nope again, wrong.
And drowned all our sorrows in a bottle of booze,
Brew in depression and puke on their shoes,
Oh my god, what is so "great" about being wreckless,
Drunk, high, or pilled out or with some death wish,
Sounds more like the people you should stay away from,
Not model your life after or try to become,
The ideas scattered across our cultures,
Makes me turn the channel and look for another,
Way to enjoy life for the day,
And keep myself free from their dismay,
That plays out like cartoons in the world around,
When we're trying to live life in a way that surrounds,
Us with better things to think through and about,
Without all the hassling problems and doubts,
If I could write anything to any body,
I would have to proclaim this to be,
The one thing that living is suppose to bring,
Is love that begins, grows, and remains,
As sturdy as a steel bridge across the sea, 
Where friends are just as welcome as family,
To share and enjoy their time free from,
The burdens that shadows them when their alone,
For relationships that have grown up this way,
Know that those friendships should not forsake,
The honor they built, the goodness they give,
To all who have shared them and did not resist,
The indwelling presence of a much deeper love,
That can't be cast out or covered up,
With anger and hatred, the temporary lies,
Meant to destroy the better of our lives,
If only we'd acknowledge what real love is for,
We would learn to never close the doors,
To friends that we've known, to those we have loved,
Because what we shared was more than enough,
To scatter the darkness and make right the wrongs,
We perceived from others as we went along,
To make our self better in some type of way,
That would erase the wrong deeds and words we say,
When not thinking clearly, when rushed and confused,
So many times that we simply refused,
To see another's way and try to work out,
The problems that caused all our fears and doubts,
About the people we have in our lives,
Our sons, our daughters, our husbands, our wives,
Their lives to us should mean much more than,
What we need to feel wealthier and important,
For what could be more important than having a place,
With people around you to offer you the space,
To grow and learn to forgive and accept,
The little things done wrong that love forgets,
Because it is looking for the better in us,
To let go and learn that in love we should trust,
To increase our value and raise our esteem,
And comfort us daily with kind tender dreams,
Of belonging and smiles and laughter and fun,
Not meant to ridicule or hurt any one,
Love says to grow as you can so will love,
It includes and welcomes as many of,
People it can find to help and relieve,
The daily stresses that we all perceive,
As hindrance and labors above our selves,
Love offers us the buffer from all of the steps,
That fear and anger weights us down with,
Love is the hands that gives us the lift,
To rise up and face those things that break down,
And maintains our passage as we go about,
Living one day after another,
Mending our lives as we go further,
Into a future we can't always see,
I want love alive! And living with me,
If you really love then death is not an option,
It's not a quick feel or another proposition,
Love is the doing and giving of care,
Against all the wrongs around everywhere,
We look to such piddly minuscule things,
To give us a sensation to replace the beings,
From whom an exchange of companionship gives,
People to be true to, while our lives we live,
Love gives everyone what it wants to realize,
How strong it can be how adaptable in size,
To every situation to every purpose and person,
It's gently persuades without diversions,
It's not something to die for, or sell on a scene,
It's to nourish and to cherish and hold to in all things,
No matter what volume the world tries to sell,
Don't give it your thoughts to fight and rebel,
You against love in some crazy way,
That says to give up or to cast it astray,
The people you cherish, the values you believe,
Keep love alive and with it live free,
Each and every person from young to old,
With each one learning the right way to grow,
Without excluding, or thinning out,
Friends and acquaintances who come around,
From time to time without much to share,
Oh I beg to differ, look, they are there,
Growing with value and keeping together,
Love, life and light all for the better,
Why settle then for something far less,
Than we would conceive as the best,
Way to love another in and over time,
And treat our self poorly for some shoddy design,
Meant to slighten the needs of our soul,
To love and be loved without being told,
We should not be ourselves but give in,
To what someone else wants us to bend,
Away from our truth in goodness and life,
Just so we can be by someone else's side,
Who don't appreciate our worth or our needs,
As we have grown and learn to believe,
All we need remember is keep love alive,
And when it is true love will recognize,
It's self as it is worthy and without a fee,
To allow all involved to live and let be,
The better of all that true love is,
With all of the loving that living has to give.

Jade Jaspers