Only for Myself

Tough Love/ Dear Jules,

We can't help
that
we happen to love
so loud and
thunderous and
absolute.
However,
I've realized
I have to employ
tough love,
because not everyone
deserves us.
It's like
using sandpaper.
It seems counterintuitive
to use something so abrasive
to soften wood.
But it must be done.
This tough love feels like
sandpaper on my heart.
Yet I know it'll
become soft
once more.