Love Poem: What Does Love Really Mean
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Written by: Sterling Long

What Does Love Really Mean

Keep your head up
Because we need you now
Don’t think of the pain
For you never know how long you’re going to be around
See, there was this girl that was only thirteen
And she never really knew what love really means
All she ever had was a portrait of some family
That she held at night until she cried herself to sleep
Every night her mommy was making noise in the other room
Her momma seemed to be happy so she thought that was what she’d do
Looking for love she was having sex all the time
She started with her age but then the older men she’d find
But then there was this guy and the devil had his mind
She was screaming for her life but no one could hear her cries
So the next day they found the body of a teen
Another child gone looking for what love really means