How can we deny what we instinctively crave?

This is merely how human hearts behave.

 

We long for love, connection, and touch.

Does it make us weak when we desire it too much?

 

I couldn’t tell you; I wouldn’t know.

I watched love spoil and others grow.

 

Leaving anger, sadness, and hurt in its wake.

From those who abuse love—take and take.

 

Turn cold, build walls, and swear off love.

What else in life is to be expected of?

 

React, retract, and refuse to fall.

A peculiar outcome all in all.

 

But just for how long can we deny?

We’ll run, we’ll hide, and we’ll continue to lie.

 

For the one thing that we want the most,

Its journey towards it is not something we boast.

 

We surely won’t come out the same

Nor unscathed like how we came.

 

Blemished, broken, and bruised.

This is the only life we were able to choose.

 

For how can we deny what we instinctively crave?

This is merely how our human hearts behave.