IT’S NOT LOVE

It’s not love, I don’t know what gave you that notion.

When I’m with you, I don’t care if you’re just going through the motions.

You say you don’t want to hurt me and leave me blue.

But what is the downside to being with you?

It’s not love, more like an infatuation.

I’m looking for a friend and a lover, not a full-time relation.

You say because you don’t feel the way I do, things must end.

You say to go on would be using me, so you can only be my friend.

It’s not love, that gets me so crazed,

It’s just that you never cease to amaze.

It’s not love that has me about to bust,

It’s just your body that has me in such lust.

It’s not love, for which I’m looking,

It’s just your smile that has my juices cooking.

It’s not love, that I want from you,

It’s just to be friends and do what we do.

It’s not love, and being with you would never make me sad,

Because what we’ve had is give and take and that’s not bad.

It’s not love, but there is one thing that would make me glad,

And that’s to go back to being friends the way we had.

It’s not love, that makes me want you near,

It’s just your laugh that I want to hear.

It’s not love, listen to what I say,

I’m out to have some fun, I just want to play.

It’s not love because in life there are those times

when you hear a verse, and a rhyme is just a rhyme.

It’s not love, but I feel like a wandering Noam,

And sometimes a poem is just a poem.

It’s not love, but you are my inspiration.

Without you, my life would not have had its restoration,

It’s not love because sometimes a friend is just a friend.

Sometimes a friend can bring you back from the darkness within.

It’s not love, and I know it never will.

I know from you; you just want to keep it real.

From me, the message I want to send,

I will do anything to not lose you as a friend.

STANLEY HENDRIX

11/20/08

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