#loveisnot poems on Hello Poetry

Dr Qaiser Mukhtar Jul 6

What Love is Not, July 5, 2025

In my quest for love, I gained clarity about what love is not.
What began as love bombing, which made me feel giddy and soft,
quickly changed to breadcrumbing and feeling shut out and lost.
You withheld communication, and I longed for our playful ease.
Being left out in the cold depleted my inner peace.

Your inconsistencies made me question my own feelings of worth,
And the gaslighting led me to second-guess what I knew to be my truth.

Being treated as another option didn't resonate with my soul
It clashed with my self-respect, which had kept me authentic and whole.

Facing this reality left me shattered, but it made it very clear.
Our time together was toxic; it was neither love nor care.

#loveisnot #toxicity #breadcrumbing #ghosting #gaslighting #justanother #option #dr #qaiser #mukhtar

x Jul 2018

breathe.

I’m better
When i think about you i don’t feel like
I can’t breathe anymore
I don’t hold my breathe anymore
I don’t take it for granted anymore
I inhale deeply
And i remember what it feels like
To be deprived
To be suffocating

#breathe #suffocating #heartbreak #loveisnot #healthy #better #inhale

Emm Sep 2017

Love is...

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---------------------------------Love is not----------------------------------
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---the roses in a dozen,------@@@@@@@----------------------------------
---------------------------------------|>=<|-------you tie in a knot,---------
---------------nor words spoken, nor unspoken,------------------------
------------------------ but when our hearts meet, --------------------
------------- being one of the reasons they beat,------------------
-------------- in comfort,------------------------------------------
---------------- only we understand,-------------------
-------- walking hand in hand,-------------------
-------------- side by side-------------------
--------------------------------♡♡----
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#love #art #heart #flowers #roses #ascii #sms #asciisms #loveis #loveisnot

Amy I Hughes Aug 2015

Simply, Love

It’s not a weight on our shoulders
Or an anchor, heavy on our feet
Not a ****** victory over others
Nor a weakened or beaten defeat

It’s not a maze of constant worries
Or an indecipherable scribble in our minds
Not a rulebook for our partners to follow
Nor a road full of stop signs

It’s not a game of lust and cheats
Or one image meant for all
Not a series of conditions ‘Only if…’
Nor split, withheld, or bought

It’s not sadness, tears or heartbreak
Or using one another for gains
Not ridiculous expectations to be forced on us
Nor emotions to be smothered or chained

It’s as natural as the breath we take
To give it out is simple and plain
It emanates from all our souls within
A light within us always untamed

Take a moment to truly find it now
Be still, be calm, be true
For when you do you’ll realise how easy
Unconditional love is within you

#love #emotion #unconditional #loveisnot

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