One thing that's always bothered me is seeing how so many of my friends stay with people who would purposely harm them. All because out of their own kind nature they're forgiving and realize people make mistakes. While this may be the case, this is no reason to keep forgiving what's causing you pain. Especially when you deserve much better than what you are receiving. This is a poem I wrote on the issue entitled:
This Is Not A Love Poem
"Babe…
I know I messed up but I love you so much"
"Babe…
I just want to take care of you"
"Babe…
You complete me, without you, I'd die"
"Babe...
I just want what's best for us"
"Babe…
It's not you I don't trust, It's them"
"Babe…"
"Babe?"
"If you love me you'll…"
This is not a love poem
It's funny how one word can make us feel so loved
It's funny how that one word…
masks even the harm that comes with thereof
People hear these every day
And stay with the ones who they feel love
When love is the bait on the lure
that ensnare them from above
Chasing after something
After someone that doesn't dare
They toy with emotion constantly
Making you think they care
Like magic words
they taunt them
Repeatedly they flare
Off with words of drawing
So you just see them standing there
and feel…
Alone
Because you don't want to be what's known as "Difficult"
You don't want to be labeled "insane"
So you sit constantly taking
and absorbing
all the pain
It doesn't always take a fist to harm
someone you adore...
Sometimes it's just the words
That rattle them to the core
Love is like a battlefield
But it never has to be a war
Babe doesn't always mean I love you
Sometimes it's just you have something…
they want more.
This poem isn't about one personal experience, but rather multiple experiences. There's not just one simple way to identify this torture. There are many other things people do to try to control those they're with. It sickens me, however, that we live in a world where people often let this go by unnoticed. People rather accept the pain that is given to them because it's so easily believed they deserve it. They accept this feeling of "love" thinking that this is the only way they could get it. It hurts to know that many feel so beneath their worth all because some would rather take advantage of one another than to love one another. I can't honestly think of one person who wouldn't like to be happy and see those around them feel the same, so it really leaves me distraught that this is so common. I hope to live in a day where this is a thing of the past. Don't you?
