Loves Me, Loves Me Not

by Lynne Zotalis


It could be true love….
Wanting love, she
submits to his wishes

Wanting to get laid, he parrots
undying commitment
Fair exchange?

She’s watched the movies, read books
convincing her of glorious romance, two as one
engraved on soul’s sinew

Reality is that she’s lonely
in the crowded room, he’s a few feet away
ogling another

Fickle, unfaithful, disloyal, untrustworthy asshole!!
But it’s only the first
of many crushing heart breaks

What is true love, Hollywood?
Is there any accuracy there? Hah!
Don’t trust it

We choose to interpret, to hear,
to modify its message
to suit our needs.

Maybe you’ll find true love; my advice?  
it’s a miracle if any relationship works out,
no matter how well-suited you are.


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Lynne Zotalis is an award winning author placing 1^st in the creative nonfiction category from Firebird Book Awards for Hippie at Heart (What I Used To Be, I Still Am). Her short stories have won publication for three years in the R.H. Cunningham Short Story Contest through Willowdown Books. Her poetry has appeared in  Nature 20/20, Tuck Magazine, Writing in a Woman's Voice, The Poetic Bond VII, VIII and IX, and Lyrical Iowa. Saying Goodbye to Chuck, a daily journal helping to enunciate the readers’ personal grief process along with her other publications are available on Amazon. 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DC6GZ7T