nat king cole
once told me
what love meant for him
in one of his songs

and for so long
i believed his words,
without knowing
how mistaken i was

he only taught me
how love felt
when it was as new
as a blooming flower

why would mr. cole
hide such an important thing
as the inevitable pain?

so here i am
to show you what love
really means:

"l" is for the way you lose yourself
in your lover's eyes
and, later,
how you lose your grin
when he goes away

"o" is for over,
beacause the end will come,
sooner or later

"v" is very very beautiful when it starts,
but very very sad when it is dead

and finally, "e" is even more scarier
when your realize
you fell for the one
who would somehow
break your heart

nathaniel, you were a big fat liar,
i don't care if you wanted to protect me
from the tragic thruth,
but i will always adore your song
almost as much as i adore the fool
who made me understand l.o.v.e