I do not believe in love
Never am I to share the overwhelming affection
Or revel in a kiss
For it is only a hoax
A phenomenon poets invented
To entice us into this hopeless search
They manipulated this concept to be so captivating
That it must have been experienced to be so tangible in their words
I have channeled them so deeply
That I uncovered their lie
A longing that became religion
Until each prayer only manifested in dreams
But love is just desire
A condescending conspiracy
Driven with the need to be included
Love is just an excuse
It is suppressed emotion
That is so undiagnosable
We look to fiction
Love is not a bonding force
Or an act of forgiveness
Or a revelation
It is just a deception
It is only a syllable
With an empty definition
It is the enigma
Of desperate writers
Whose heightened philosophy
Captured just as lonesome minds
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Hey there! MJ stopping by for a short review.
I think that you should replace 'religion' with 'religious' to describe the longing instead of using another noun there.I don't like the phrase 'just as lonesome minds' here because you hadn't described anything else as lonesome, so it falls apart a little bit. I would simply say 'lonesome minds' or even add in the adjective 'desperate' or something like that if you wanted the line to be longer
My favorite part of this is when you talked about how love was just an excuse. I thought that was pretty profound and deep, because I've never seen that thought discussed before and I thought it was a great addition to your poem. Well done.
My critique, however, is how it doesn't seem to have any sort of meter or rhyme. Up towards the top, your lines stretched across the entire page. However, towards the end it got so short there were only three words or so down towards the bottom, and that made the poem read a little choppily.
Overall, you had an interesting new idea that had obviously been touched on by some other poets, but the way you talked about it was very original and you brought some new ideas to the table and made it less cliche than the typical mournful discussion of how love was such an adventure/ the ruin of mankind, so good job on that, and keep writing! If you have any questions, let me know, and I'll do my best to clear them up!
Best wishes,
MJ
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This is deep, l agree when you say that "Love is just a desire"
Hello EmilyRMaiorano! I'm stopping by for a quick review! I like your poem and the idea behind it. So many people talk about love being the driving force of life, however you went and said, "Love is a lie." I enjoyed how different it was from most romantic poetry because it was pretty much, in my view, antiromantic. The only thing that needs a little tweeking is your stanzas (I have problems with them too). For this poem I think instead of having your poem being line by line, if that makes any sense, you might try just writing it how you would a normal story. I'm not saying that it's necessary because it is your poem and you can write it how you want
In short, I like your poem and think it's great. Keep up your awesome writting! 
Hey there EmilyRMaiorano,
Myjaspercat here to leave you a review.
Ok, so for the most part, I really liked this idea of love. Normally I say love poetry is cliché, but that's because it is. Typically it's written with over used ideas and images on what love is, however with this piece I think it's really cool how you completely turned those ideas upside down. So kudos to you there. The main thing I felt need working on was the formatting, so that's good. Particularly, work on adding in punctuation and lowercasing lines. I like to say that unless the line is the beginning of a sentence [or some how necessary/ stylistically chosen] you should lowercase it. Remember to have commas, periods, etcetera as well so your readers know when to breath and a pause. Other then that, if you have any questions feel free to ask. Good luck and continue writing.