When Love Dies
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You lash out, speaking ill of love,
hurting from your wounded feelings.
And your pain fuels the anger
that battles forgiveness for control.
Someone has hurt you;
and you want to send that hurt back.
A rebuke of love lost to time
and yet kept alive in memory, nonetheless.
Betrayal shook your foundations;
as an implosion of trust
broke your heart into a thousand pieces.
And using anger to shield yourself
from the jagged edges of reality;
you refuse to acknowledge your part.
And your cry is added to the countless others;
whose tears morph into anger.
We are all subject to our baser needs,
whereas desires, hopes, and failures
form the clay from which anger takes its shape.
Anger allows you
to evade sharing the blame;
and yet, you can't see that,
blinded by your pain.
Corrosive feelings consume you;
spiting up the vile contempt
that hurt wallows in when love dies.
Copyright © Emile Pinet | Year Posted 2024
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