Monique Davis Poet I do not know?

I Am So Sick of Love

I am so sick of love. You said you loved me unconditionally but yet you don’t even 
acknowledge me. You acknowledge my flaws more than my attributes and question every 
decision I make as if it were for you. You ignore my individuality, trying to persuade me to 
be somebody other than me. This in and out, back and forth love that makes me dismiss the 
thought of fairytale love, because it cant exist with a love like this.
I am so sick of love. That get to know you stage, were it’s that “hey how you doing, what’s 
your name, can I get your number.” That leads to the you can be my boo, I wanna get down 
wit you that makes me think I have found real love. That questionnaire that includes do you 
go to church and “Of course Jesus is my homeboy, we’ve been together through thick and 
thin”, but in the end you’re trying to get in my pants. You place my wants, desires, and needs 
to the back burner like unused grease and leave them there while you do what you desire 
thinking you are making me better but really destroying every ounce of my being.
I am so sick of love. The love that makes you question your beliefs, compromise your 
friends, and take on your worst enemies. The one that makes you change face and forget 
what your father told you just so you can feel that five second embrace, and that 72 hour 
regret. Why is love so important anyway? I thought it was suppose to be unconditional, 
forgiving, passive/aggressive and kind hearted. You need me I need you, but you don’t need 
me. You need them and I need you to validate who I am because I have been transformed 
into this being that has never existed before, who is foreign to me as I am foreign to her.
I am so sick of love. Love has my mind twisted and my body aching, my soul pierced with a 
spear and slowly dying. Is this what love is about, or am I just being irrational because my 
innocence has been taunted?

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Ronald Bingham February 8, 2009 at 7:12 PM You sound like a really wise young lady with a super good head on your shoulders and topped with a great set of values. Don't throw these features away, they are to hard to obtain and so easy to tarnish, You are gifted with a talent for putting onto paper what is in your heart, Stay true to the Father, Blessings, Ron

Christopher Higgins February 8, 2009 at 5:25 PM Innocence taunted? wicked line my friend..you are a talent..loving this piece..maybe its time the voice in this piece moves on to real love...blessing friend.