all of it
is pointless
without love
and love
is something
that most people
don’t have
don’t even want
don’t understand
can’t even comprehend
all
of it is
pointless
without love
but love
is not money
nor dopamine thrills
nor fame
nor vacations
and it’s not
something
that you just
fall out of
because of
tough times
or because
someone else
looked good
if you walk away
for such reasons,
then you
never had it
to begin with
it is not
anything
that you take
or accept
it is
what you
give
and giving
is something
that has
fallen
out of
fashion
people throw it away
like an old toaster
they abuse it
like the clutch
of a rental car
they fake it
which never
made any sense to me,
not even remotely
it baffles me
anytime I think about it
but they are more
concerned with
securing the
perceived
wealth
status
sex
or
having
someone
they can hurt, for “fun”
because they enjoy pulling
the wings off of helpless houseflies
for these senseless reasons,
billions of people
fake love
every day
and yet,
they all
still feel
entitled to it
it’s beyond my
ability to digest
a suitable excuse
for doing this
It seems to me like
saying, “why yes,
“I have four priceless vases at home,
“three Rembrandts, two Monets,
“8,000 bars of gold, and 2,000 silver
“why are you staring at me as if
“you don’t believe me?”
but they continue to
look the other person
dead in the eye
and tell them
“I love you”
and then
treat them
in ways that the
Geneva Conventions
wouldn’t deem
acceptable
they spit in the
other person’s
breakfast, and
then, puzzled,
ask
“why aren’t you eating?
“not hungry?”
all of it
is
pointless
without
love
none of the other resources
available in the world
are genuinely enjoyable
without it
and if you had it,
and you understood it,
then you’d no sooner
give it away than you would
chop off your own head
rich people
try to buy the love
of the people around them
and every time,
they’re shocked to discover
that it just doesn’t work that way
it’s not
something you
purchase
it’s something
that you have
inside of yourself
and you ⠀
give it away
to another person
like removing
your ability to
reason for yourself,
handing it over to them
and saying,
please
take care of this,
it’s important
to me
none of the
wealth, power,
or prestige
even means
anything
unless
one of
two things
is true
you’re either a
dead-eyed parasite
who doesn’t understand
or care about anything
except soulless,
momentary pleasures
or you have
someone
who means
more to you
than you do
to yourself
all of it is
pointless
without
love
©2026 Kevin Trent Boswell
