The Love That Kills
by Molly Lynn
(Missouri)
I tore my heart out, piece by piece,
it has no use to me for it is broken and does not beat.
I have to steal another one and I won't feel guilty
but I won't be me anymore, for the one I already had was stolen,
it turned me into the person I was, a person I did not like.
I stepped on glass, erased the past, and bled out the rest of the remains from my broken heart.
No use, because just when I think I fixed the one I had,
it fell apart again. This time in fewer pieces,
maybe so little I can repair it with glue,
my glue is you. So please work for and protect me ;
I am still a human-being. I may not be able to
breathe, see, or love without you but I will survive,
it'll just take one step at a time.