Love is the Name
You Give the Things that Hurt You (Poetry Sunday)
You Give the Things that Hurt You
Love
is the name you give
the things that hurt you
The broken promises that cut
Your feet as you walked away
The lies you swallowed,
Bitter even in their honeyed sweetness
The betrayal of bodies heated
Moving together, grinding your heart to dust
The one whose leaving opened up
A river inside…
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