*CONTENT WARNING: reference to rape, SA*
Love liberates, ego holds.
Midnight high as fuck,
Wishing the pain would stop.
Took some hits,
All drugged up.
Barely audible, unable to say no.
They called me love as I feebly fought to flee.
Already pounding head hitting the windowsill,
Only there to satiate greed.
"You're the only one I need."
Sounds simple enough.
Low maintenance, free.
Pressure to be everything all the while neglecting me.
Yet what is the point?
Now healthy and clean,
I ponder the meaning.
In many ways love is self-seeking.
Now of the mindset,
If you don't add
Why waste resources?
Ghosted until you're lonely,
Loved conditionally with boundaries,
Thought I was sexy at a party,
Relishing benefits of money.
Value added but sacrifice required.
Where's the line?
Between selfish and self-harm?
Unwilling to lose myself another time.
Ego holds in the dark.
Forcing frozen serfdom,
Suffocating growth, maximizing exploitation.
Love stretches tired wings.
Benefits from the freedom,
Euphoric at exploration.
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I CORINTHIANS 13 Series
PoesíaModernized reflection of oft quoted characteristics of love from Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth. What do each of these really mean?
