I couldn’t survive
A pretending love
Where you’re never good enough
And always being judged
Trying to keep your peace
Choosing to bite your tongue
Even when ice and fire
Burns you just because
Now some may ask you how
How you let it go so long
How you stayed within the toxin
Of another person’s wrongs
But there isn’t a real answer
It’s not like you were strong
Just waiting and hoping
For the light to finally dawn
And it would never rise
And it would never shine
The way you hoped it would
In some manner of time
Just swallowing the anguish
All while trying hard to find
That everything would be better
And we would be just fine
If there’s one thing love knows
It’s how to sacrifice
It can put its life on hold
Or let it be paralyzed
It would release its soul
Just to greet its own demise
And do it all again
If the chance ever arrived
Because love doesn’t seek its own
It’s not a thing so petty
It is filled to the brim
Not running empty
No needs in demand
It is willing and ready
To share of itself
When the world is turning deadly
And far too often
As you may have well learned
That death is the response
The world often returns
And You could let it change you
And no longer draw concern
Yet love speaks in silent resonance
To what your heart truly yearns
You refuse to live by feelings
You want to live by faith
For love is that element
Love is that place
Love is the form
The essence and shape
That your entire being
Holds longing which to take
Love was not made to survive
It was made to expose
Cracking and breaking
And drawing you close
Changing your life
Transforming the soul
Becoming authentic
In a world of false hope
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