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My Love
My love is a fire
It's warm
It burns continuously
Though it is friendly
But only if you know
How to be gentle with it
If you don’t
Then it will burn you
And me
Because it burns from within and out
It's why I don’t let anyone near
For I fear that I will hurt them
And they will see me as a monster
A volcano that will erupt
Destroying everything
Including myself
My love is tied with strings
They hold my heart in place
So it doesn’t spill and break
But somehow
It gets played with
They grab the strings
Holding it like a puppet
Just to amuse someone they like
And It hurts
Because they snap the strings
Making me clean it up
Sweeping the bits
Mopping the spill
I have to collect
All over again
My love is strong
Too strong
It's stronger than graphene
It's big like an elephant
My love gives strength
It pushes people to keep going
To carry on
It motivates them
But my love has gotten weaker
They take it and abuse it
They do terrible things
And it pains me
It aches inside
All over
It has made others strong
So why not me?
Why can’t I be strong?
It is because I let them
Hurt me
Use me
And I let them take everything
Away from me
My love expands further than space
It lasts forever
My love could be space itself
The human body has the same elements
That makes up the universe
So once I pass
My love would serve no purpose
It will be taken away
It's like someone taking candy from a baby
And no one will care
They will have probably forgotten
That I even gave them love
Because they were too busy
Wasting the love
Eating it up
Not even savoring it
It will be thrown in the garbage
Unwanted
No use
So I will make sure
That all my love is tucked away
Way back in my mind
Forgotten for good
But I know it's still there
Waiting to be opened
At the right moment
The right second
And once it's open
Then I know it's being used for good
And it will never be hurt again
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