Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Lily-Livered-Loving

I should never have landed
On this planet where love reigns
Like a wicked witch bent on
Chaos, upheaval, and destruction.

Constantly shivering in my shoes
I think of loved ones at all hours,
Especially when I should be sleeping.
But do they ever think of me?

As a child you do not know
That loving your aunts, uncles, friends
Will one day leave you holding
A heavy, stinking bag of grief.

If I had known how love would be
Then, as a child, I would have
Trusted less, loved tenuously
Or, probably, not at all.

Better to save oneself, I think
Love's too scary, pain overwhelms,
I am afraid to see another day
ANd fearful of being left behind.

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