"Because I love you, I have to check your phone."

"Because I love you, I have to ask you for a picture of your bare flesh."

"Because I love you , I call you worthless."

"Because I love you, I force you to have sex with me" 

 

 I suck in my breath

as you lay on top of me sweaty ,while you're hurting me ,I don't say stop

"because I love you".

Can I really manage to get by this? And by "this" I mean:

silent car rides home, anger and tension between us,

where when the night falls in a stiff silence.

I craw into your arms, we are so close but yet so far away from eachother.

"because i love you" you say .

Good ,so "because you love me" you won't break my heart anymore.

 

Love me, love me not ,regardless you say

"because I love you". I gasped as I see my mistreated body , you come behind me

and say " because I love you".

Loving you hurts,but leaving you hurts even more.

but I stay "because I love you."

 

Love?

Many people think they have it,

but love, my friend, isn't abusing somone

physically,mentally,emotionally ,or sexually.

It isn't pulling down someones selfesteem

or making them feel less a person.

Love isn't asking for a nude.

 

What is love? Love is to make a desicion, a promise.

Love is patient.Love is kind.Love does not hurt.

Love is when two people can reach out to each others soul.

Honesty and trust.

Mutual respect.

 

Love is encouraging eachother to strive for more,

helping one another.

Love is getting intimate without having to touch

bare skin. It's when two people are mature

enough to accept their significant others past,

support eachothers present,

and be for them in the future.

 

I take a breath out , I let go of you, because I love me.