about LOVE anymore

By Toshihisa Nikaido

nobody wants to publish poems about LOVE anymore
poems about hypocrisy, hardships, hate and harm
poems about weakness, wounds, weary and war
but no one writes about contentment, care or charm

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nobody wants to publish poems about OPTIMISM anymore
always focused on malice, mourning, misery and malevolence
always focused on greed, grudges, genocide and gore
but no one writes about peace, pleasure or prevalence

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nobody wants to publish poems about VALUE anymore
only about who is failing, fearful, fragile or frustrated
only about who is pained, persecuted, paranoid or poor
but not one writes about the loved, lionhearted or liberated

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nobody wants to publish poems about EMOTION anymore
other than disgust, distress despair, and depression
other than sadness, suspicion, shyness and sorrow
but no one writes about admiration, abundance or affection

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we cut the world into two equal parts and live on the side that faces not towards
but always away from the sun, as we shut out and completely ignore
any positivity so to remain in the darkness, clouded by our own words
so we ensure nobody wants to write or publish poems about love anymore