If Ever You Faked Love



If there ever was one thing

You could not fake it would be love.


Your actions would not match your words

Your focus would  be only on you

Your plans would consider only your interests and time


If there ever was one thing

You could not fake it would be love.


You would  avoid commitment

You would  keep separate your worlds

You would undependable and always distant


If ever there was one thing

You could not fake it would be love.


Your world would be a devoid

Of beauty, of wonder, of purpose;

You'd live in lies, and cruelty, and pain.


If there ever was one thing

You could not fake, it would be love.


Your heart would know and feel,

After a time, a loneliness so deep

That you would cease to exist.


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