Love Today

Love today,
Is a blurry picture;
It's bikini waxes,
And body features;
Love,
Is no longer I love you,
At the end of a date;
It's more of a,
Wanna fuck?
Sure,
That's great.

Love today,
Has boiled down to,
Calling her cute names;
But not asking her,
If she had a good day.

Love today,
Is all for the show,
And not enough about what's inside the heart;
It's hard to live in such a world,
Where you're a hopeless romantic,
And everyone's just miles apart.

Love today,
Lacks emotions and feelings;
It's a materialised version,
It's Monetary dealings;
It's not about the love,
It's about the size of the diamond rings;
For a hopeless romantic who writes poems,
That stings.

I want love of a simpler kind,
When I love you,
Had actual meaning;
When love and the thought,
Required feelings.

I want a love,
Of the smaller things,
One where you write poetry,
Not buy diamond rings;
One where you need,
Just one mixtape,
To tell her how you feel;
Not a thousand YouTube links,
Just rewind the cassette's reel.

I want the love,
Where you stay up all night,
Talking on the phone,
You wouldn't need night clubs,
You'd just stay at home;
Facebook texts,
Lack a certain feeling,
Like hearing her breathe heavy,
Those things used to have meaning;
Or hearing her laugh,
At a joke you said,
Which you thought was lame,
But she loves you,
All the same.


I want a love,
Where I text her 1-4-3,
A lot of you,
Might not know what that means;
The love that I'm talking about,
Required beepers,
Not phones,
You see.

I wanna love her,
Like she's the most beautiful person I know;
I don't have to see her nudies,
I don't need her private parts on show;
Instead,
I want to know her private parts,
Like why she does what she does,
And why she likes,
Yellow hearts.

I want a love,
Where you love and care,
For one another,
Not parade each other,
Like trophies,
On facebook.

I want a love,
That's emo songs and poetry,
Not heart breaks and fuckery.