To Know You Is To Love You
When I say “I can’t take anymore.”
It’s really quite a shame
That doesn’t mean I’ll shut the door
It’s become a losing game
No one here is keeping score
To know you is to love you
To hold you is a need
My mind floods with memories of you
Making my heart bleed
There is no one above you
I don’t want to isolate you
Lock you up at home
Or make those people hate you
They do that on their own
Their image can't create you
People claim to be your friend
Yet, they long to see your sorrow
If ever our love should end
They’d have all of you tomorrow
It’s on you that they depend
10/13/2021
Written for Quintain (Sicilian) Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Emilie Pinet
Copyright © Evelyn Swartz | Year Posted 2021
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