The Ugly Politics Of Love

Love was once a natural inclination
For something
Lately this innate urge has been sent
To the grave of lusts

Now it is motivated by greed
Material things
Social status
Social background
Influential capacity
Religion

Since the inception of these negative
Motivations
True love has been weeping
And gnashing her teeths
Disappointments mocks at her
Relationships fail
Marriages break
Homes disintegrate

Oh! who brought politics into this
Garden of life?

Ezea Ikenna Precious
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 10/26/2020

Poet's note: The poem is dedicated to the young people who are about entering relationships or marriages. It attempts to remind them of the consequences of falling in love because of what they stand gaining from a significant other.

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