LOVE DIES by Sohnny-Keicey, a.k.a Babydoll.

LOVE DIES

When pain hurts more than you can endure
When the burden becomes a serious torture
When it puts a hold to all your endeavours
Then, you know love dies.

When a mother decides to terminate her foetus
When her family rejects her status
When in crumbles is her hope of a suitor
Then, you know love dies.

When loneliness has become a habit
When anger has become a common tactic
When to hatred & depression we have become fanatics
Then, you know love dies.

When children are abandoned in misery
When for food the search & are weary
When while the rich are happy & merry
Then, you know love dies.

When a brother is killed for his religion
When a person is lynched for a colour that's not his decision
When society for class, devalues your opinion
Then, you know love dies.

When the world turns it back on the innocent
When the poor suffers so much contempt
When the sick is a disease, we exempt
Then, you know love dies.

When a wife out of her home is thrown
When simply she fought for her own
When discord another woman sew
Then, you know love dies.

When war has become a competition
When peace is an infatuation
When death is a normal situation
Then, you know love dies.

When money has become the order of the day
When sincere efforts are easily tossed away
When hard work has become a fool's play
Then, you know love dies.

When to our fathers we bear grudges
When our neighbours, unfairly we judge
When the simple man is easily dislodged
Then, we know love dies.

When our brothers we cannot forgive
When evil in our hearts we conceive
When lies have become our believe
Then, you know love dies.

Sohnny-Keicey, a.k.a Babydoll.

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