“Love is a Curse” by Sariyyah Hurt

Always falling in love, a cycle unbroken,
Hearts entwined in a dance of emotion unspoken.
Each time feels new, like a fresh sunrise,
Yet familiar echoes of past lovers arise.

The thrill of discovery, the rush of desire,
A flame ignited, burning brighter and higher
In the depths of connection, we find our truth,
Lost in the maze of passion, an eternal youth.

But with each love come a bittersweet pain,
As we learn to let go, to start over again.
Always falling in love is a  journey we tread,
With each heartbreak, new wisdom we’re fed.

So we keep on falling, endlessly it seems,
In the realm of love, chasing our dreams.
For in the free fall of emotions untamed, 
We find ourselves forever changed.


Author’s Note:
I’ve always loved the concept of being in love, but often times I tend to wonder if love is believing my heart is searching for. I watched so many romcoms and seeing so many TikTok videos about love and finding the one but often times that’s not the reality for everyone. In today’s time, love has been popularized in a way that makes it seem like if the love is in cookie cutter perfect then it isn’t really love, but how come us as a society hasn’t taken the moment to really look back on the entire concept in the word of love, and now it has literally consumed us all.

Sariyyah Hurt | 15 | Newark, NJ | @pretty.riyyah on TikTok & @riyyah.films on Instagram