For the Soulvity Writing Contests by MerakiWriters

Prompt 2: Write a love poem without using the word "love"

It steals, like a thief,

Your heart in the night,

Life withers like a leaf;

You do not fight.

It whispers the motif

That all is right,

"Time is brief

Why not live with delight?"

But just as belief

Settles in sight,

It leaves you in grief―

Never to reunite.

It has shred

All that remains,

Filled you with dread,

Battered your brains.

As you bled,

Filled with pains,

Thoughts in your head

Have eternal stains.

Though it fled,

The thief still reigns,

Looking ahead

You're forever in chains.