Love Is Not for Sale
They told me love was a ring, A thing you could buy, A promise wrapped in paper, With a bow made of lies. They said love was roses —and deadlines. A monthly subscription With fine print in the margins of your lifeline. But I saw through the showroom, Through the flowers and flair, I saw love sitting silent, In the corner—bare. Not broken, not bruised— Just... misused . Misnamed and misframed By fools chasing muse. Love is not a handshake, Not a headboard, Not a hashtag. It’s not the echo of “mine” In a world gone mad. Love is a fire that warms without burning. It’s Spirit embodied— A truth still yearning To live outside of contracts and code, To flow in the open —not corralled on a road. Love is not for sale . It doesn’t wear price tags, Doesn’t bend under bids, Doesn’t perform for claps Or hide what it did. Love is presence. It’s peace in a storm. It’s choosing the ugly, Still calling it form. It is the immaterial made flesh — But never flesh-boun...