A Sip of Love

Many waters can't quench love...neither can a flood...drown it
If you offered everything you owned...you'd be scorned and despised
To think that you could pay to buy it...when you find it
Then attempt to bind it's...wounds...at the sight of blood, many a beloved has swooned
For love is as strong as death...will offer it's last breath...without request
And at your birth, have no regrets...just a world left...with an orphaned child
Who'll never see his mothers smile...innocence's jealousy bound to run buck wild
In a hard core playground...where even crueler playmates abound
Working up a thirst...Lord knows, if you drink from this cup, your sure to get hurt
There's no woman or man walking this parched earth...that isn't dying of thirst
But love bears up under any and everything..empowers the weakling...the wild thing
Punch drunk on a inkling...just thinking...about getting a sip of love
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Wonderful job! Use of internal rhyme, good rhetorical devices, and the achievement of rhythm (probably the most important requirement for any poetry) . . .
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