Love Poem: Love You Know Not
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Written by: Abdul Malik

Love You Know Not

Like the force of gravity
Love surrounds us
attracting everything to its core,

The more you cut and chip it away
Like a diamond
more brilliant it shines,

The more you beat it down
on the anvil like a sword
sharper it gets,

Like the string of a bow
the more you pull towards you
further it shoots the arrow,

Like a jealous wife
The more you try to please her
more suspicious she gets.

You cannot wish love away—
You ignore love at your own peril.


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