Nothing Ever Evens the Score

a poem about cheeks long-turned

For the longest time

A part of me wanted

To even the score

Perhaps go so far

That I'd hurt you more

But not even once

Did I walk through that door

Because nothing ever

Truly evens the score

As somebody always

Gets hurt a lot more

When love becomes war

Jim Lonsdale Poetry 2026

Reviews

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

A super poem flowing , rhyming swell on how love turns to war. Thumbs up!
Plz also read and comment my newest poem too

[Thomas W Case]

This one lands like a fist held back—tension and restraint right up to the last line.
I love how the truth in it bites: love and war aren’t opposites here, they’re the same cruel teacher, and you’re wise enough to walk away.

[Desert Knave]

Thank you. Yes, this was a lesson learned long after youth. ~Jim