A Warning

The love songs make a happy ending seem
As if it lies in store for everyone;
And Hollywood proliferates the dream
That clouds will not asphyxiate the sun.
Romantic books perpetuate the lie
That love will come to all of us in time;
And teenage magazines will never shy
Away from painting romance as sublime.
To all of you whose gullibility
Sees cupids propaganda as a fact,
Please hear me out, for I can guarantee:
'Repel' is far more common than 'Attract'.
To love is to relinquish all control
And place yourself in jail without parole.