Two L’s

Poetry

Have you ever heard of the phrase

“Love is a lie that keeps us alive”?

If you think about it really

Lying and loving are ways to survive

We all know what a white lie is

We use it to avoid hurting someone

Like when you say “I love you”

but deep inside you know its for fun

We tend to love

With the lies that shown behind our eyes

Pretending to adore the person,

You know well enough to ignore the whys.

The thoughts sinking in

You said that you love them right?

But in reality, most of that is a lie

Because love is a lie that keeps us alive.

Comments 4

JPD

a year ago

I like where ur going w this but I think you should go over it for grammar checks and things like that. Some things I see are ‘but deep inside you know its for fun’ should be smth like ‘but deep inside you know it’s just for fun.’ Don’t forget that ‘ in the ‘its’. Also the line ‘lies that shown behind our eyes’ should be show instead of shown. Honestly though hide would be a more fitting word altogether imo. Anyways j go over it a bit to fine tune it. Hope that helps!

gemma

a year ago

I like how it's so relatable because, well, let's face it, relationships are complicated sometimes.

The way you described “white lies” and how we might say “I love you” even when it's not entirely true is an interesting take. Love and lies are indeed intertwined in many ways, as your poem highlights.

Keep up the good work! 😊

SwissE

I try to write stuff although I’m not good at it (Like to write sad poetry or as what my friend told me, angst)