love must be
weakness
love must be
wrong
all these
broken hearts
speaking
broken words
singing broken
songs
love is
mostly abject
love is
surely cruel
forever
bleeding me
always
bleeding you
what if
needy love
truly
seemed to care
what if
greedy love
always
truly dared
what then
my love
would we want
to share
my dearest
friend
what would
sweetness be
what fleeting
goodness
would we
find to do
what then
could love
ever be
what caring
should we
ever really do
gathering up
what's left
of love
with all
its shattered
pieces
place all
those
scattered shards
seal them
into fractured jars
bury all
that hurtful lot
deep
in consecrated ground
if love
completely
disappeared
who would
ever notice
if we
weren't born
with true emotions
forlorn and tears
surely love
could forever
leave us
perhaps
wretched darkness
will let love
finally rest
maybe attest
to blessed earth
perhaps
when some future
loving someone
uncovers love's
lasting stains
discover
with that
broken
our crushing
forever pain
forgiveness
might be
found
maybe one
altruistic day
understanding
will finally
be revealed
then finally
come around
admit compassion
isn't just
some word
that is
insane
while some
true passion
altogether excavate
selfless love
those bloodied remains
above and beyond
all our weak
and cruel
loveless painful hate

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