Author's Note: This poem was my first, but it is shared with @TheBookworm1237 . There are two perspectives in this poem, written in different fonts. The prologue and epilogue are shared point of views.

Prologue:

Love will be lost,

Won't be restored

They will lose faith and gain it once more,

The hatred will take over,

Then set you free

Making you wonder if this is all a dream

Once you see what true love can be

POV 1

Love is like a cage

Traps you in

Before you can get out

Builds unbreakable walls

Ones that cannot be torn down

Like a sea that pulls you under

Before you can cry out

It crashes down like waves

Of Lightning and Thunder

You can miss in it the blink of an eye

But you will never be the same

After love messes with your brain

You can never be sure who's wrong

And who's right

Love can tear people apart

As much as it can bring you together

Just make sure you look

Before you choose

A choice that could end your love forever

Love is cruel, love is special, love is cherished, love is hated, love is lost, and it's found

Love is the beauty of life

POV 2

How can love be but a choice?

It doesn't trap those who don't fall in,

Those who don't fall don't need a way out

Before they can scream or cry or shout

That, oh, life isn't fair!

No one could love me so what's the point?

This loneliness pulls me in,

Almost as much as love would if I let it win.

But I won't surrender to its siren song

Even if what I do to avoid it may seem wrong

There is Lightning and Thunder

Amid the churning sea

Dangerously hopeful I am

And hopefully dangerous love is

And can be

Thinking that I might just get free

But no

I was never the same after love got to my brain

And it tore me apart to heal alone

You never know who to trust

Nor do you want to

Because part of you is fine

With being broken and bruised'

And honestly, you don't mind

Having nothing to lose

And part of you wants to be

Always set adrift at sea

Part of you will always see

That you will never really be free

From love

It tears you to pieces

And seldom cleans them up

Though it is true that you must be careful who you choose

Love is cruel,

Love cannot be special for it happens well to all but you

Love is cherished, though it is a ruse

Love is hated and rightfully should be too

Love is lost, and it is found

Love hurts and while I believe

That getting out of it is the way to survive,

Love is the beauty of life

Now I know and now I see,

That love is not a ravishing sea,

Yet it still may cage those with wings,

But it lets them flourish before setting them free

Love does trap you, cage you in,

You do still live to see the light again

It will hold you in, keep you safe,

Makes sure you don't perish with a fatal mistake

The chances it gives prevents your heartbreak

Love keeps you from dying, it keeps you from drowning,

And you know you'll always be safe with the love around you,

Even if it takes a while to find you

There is nothing that you think you can't do,

When love is everything that surrounds you

Love is the beauty of life

Though you think you know, though you think you see,

That love is not a ravishing sea,

You really don't know what love can do,

When it worms its way inside of you

Love can't cage those with wings

It will only break you before setting you free,

It consumes you from the inside out,

And leaves you paralyzed in a vast ocean of doubt,

If you choose to follow love,

You won't fly away the same like some innocent dove

Love does trap you, cage you in,

It blinds you so light can't have a meaning again,

How can it hold you close to keep you safe?

When all it does is lead you astray?

So you end up dead with that fatal mistake,

The chances it gives contributes to heartbreak

Too far away to come back and stay

Too far away to change your ways

You end up somewhere far from where you began,

But this time there's no one left to hold your hand

Love quickens the drowning, quickens the dying,

But not enough to save you from its pain

And the sensible ones know there's danger with love around you,

It hunts you and haunts you until it finds you,

There is nothing you can do,

When love is all that surrounds you,

But still,

Love will always be the reason of joy and strife,

Love is the beauty of life

Love has been lost,

It will grow old

Faith has been lost,

Won't be restored

Pages have burned,

Can't be returned

All of this leads to an end unfurled

Epilogue:

As I had said at the start,

Love will, in the end, mess with your heart,

Now it's your chance to make your own choice

Though make sure you use this freedom wisely, use your voice

Because in the end, the sharp truth like a knife,

Love will always be the beauty of life

(A/N) So POV 1 was written by me, @Ghosts_Forever.

POV 2 was written by @TheBookworm1237, both other than a few lines and corrections here and there. She's an awesome writer and has more of her own poems, so make sure to check out her profile.

Criticism, comments and suggestions are, as always, accepted an appreciated.

xo

Jess (Ghosts_Forever) ❤️💛💚💙💜

P.S. Thanks @seaspawn4ever for the first vote!