the hurt

i always let love get a little too close

twining its vines tight around my heart

until i cannot let love go without pain

and this love is no different

the roots set deep between us

the time together the time apart

i don’t want this love to end

i can see it darken whither and wilt

nothing i can do can make it stop

oh but i want it to stop

i can feel it dying and i know

this time it’s going to hurt

and i don’t want it to hurt

i cannot take the hurt again

1/28/19

jeg