If you loved me

Because I love you

Seems meaningful and beautiful

But in today’s broken world

Because I love you

Is just another form of manipulation

 

Because I love you

I want you to skip class

Because I love you

I need you to go farther than you are comfortable

Because I love you

 

Because I love you

You have to show me your phone

Because I love you

You have to go to this party with me

Because I love you

 

Is this love?

No.

This is abuse.

Manipulation.

Evil disguised as beauty.

 

If you loved me

You’d consider my education

If you loved me

You’d give me agency

If you loved me

 

If you loved me

You’d let me speak

If you loved me

You’d make me smile instead of cry

If you loved me

 

Because you said you loved me

It’s difficult to trust

Because you said you loved me

It’s hard to love myself

Because you said you loved me

 

If you loved me

You’d respect me.

If you loved me

You’d trust me

If you loved me

 

Because I love myself

I will let you go

Because I love myself

I will find someone who will treat my right

Because you do not love me

 

This poem is about: 
Our world
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Comments

Grant-Grey Porter Hawk Guda

Powerfully expressed! Truly powerful! Keep sharing keep sharing! The world needs your expression! Keep sharing your life your mind your heart!

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