Give Me Love
It is not something I long for
I tell this to myself every night
This mantra and vow, I have kept
Resolute and unwavering, I would hold out
I live and breathe as the rest without it
And so, I do not need it.
Yes, my nights are lonely and sometimes sad
I dive into fantasy and drown out my
thoughts in fiction
I live out hours and even years in the
shoes of my favourite characters
I bring them to life in my mind and bask in
the love they feel for each other
Even if for a moment, to me, It is real.
If fantasy and fiction can give it to me
That is enough. In reality, I do not need
it.
And yet the feeling of warmth, comfort, and
belonging that I desire persists
It gnaws at me just before I sleep
It runs rampant in my mind and rampages
through my heart
I feel the absence of the very thing I wish
to deny
It is a void, deep and immeasurable. It
does not look back
It establishes its presence and dominance
even as I am without it
The sleep that comes is a welcome escape
I do not need love and yet its absence is
unbearable.
I will concede. This mantra and vow I have
kept is a lie
The truth is, it is something I long for with all my
being
I yearn for it, from the depths of my soul
I know it is my centering flame
My home, my place of solace, and where I
most truly exist
The pieces of it I have given out have
never come back
Even as they left, they did not give them
back
Even as they took back theirs, they did not
give mine back
I wonder if the love you will give can fill
it
I have been afraid to try, and I have
hidden for quite a bit
And now there’s a new thread of hope
I will grab on, fearful as I am
I will try again now that you have come
I will break my vow and make one anew, with
you
If you give me love
Then surely, even from the void, I will look
back
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