20150824: Love Should Be A Two Way Game

Gladly I will go to the Gates of Hell

And back again, if you so wish:

But think, my love, before you agree -

It may not be as simple as this.

The road to Hell is paved with glass,

Wouldn't you rather I walked on grass?

The Gates of Hell are far away,

Wouldn't you rather I stay?

I would be gone for some time,

Wouldn't you rather be by my side?

But should I need to go so far or so long,

Just to keep you here where you belong?

Love should be a two way game,

With no balancing of guilt or blame -

So when we walk side by side,

There is no need to keep in step.

Just don't ask me to provide

Evidence of  promises kept.

When has love been so solidly a thing,

That I need to prove my loving you?

24 August 2015

Originally concieved after reading a contest challenge asking for a poem written without adjectives.  Exactly how this translated into this poem I am not sure, it just happened.  It is a poem reflecting the old saw used to control a partner: "If you loved me you would..."

Submitted to AllPoetry.com contest "Tell me a love story" hosted by Anonymous Voice, 24 August 15.  Contest closes 5 Sept or on 45 entries.  In the Author's Notes, I mentioned the reason behind the poem.