Simply love…

when you fall in love, you expect it to last forever…never expecting it to disappear, to gradually slowly be gone. your heart drips its hurt, slowly burning a whole into your soul. you think that love should not feel this way, there should be no pain in love, but you realize that in order to grasp the true essence of it, pain needs to be a component of that love. pain brings the reality of love to the surface, choking you to believe in its depths. you used to believe love was simply beautiful, simple being the word of choice. it is the opposite of this simple state, it is complicated. complicated yet not. you remember it can be sought in a simple question, or in the endeavor to learn more about it—love can be exciting, though it can also be dull. and once this knife becomes dreary and dry it no longer pierces the heart as it once did. it only brings an utter wrenching pain, grating on your insides; slowly slicing it into pieces. broken you still stand to kneel to pick love up. as you try to grasp your worth, you realize love has not only taken your heart but your hands as well. it is cruel and laughs at the site of you. crying, the last bit of love from you flows. the deep red of your tears stain the cheek and moves to your lips. you can’t help but lick the corners of your mouth, because your desire to keep love alive within you urges you to taste the pain. you drink it, cause your body craves it. this is…broken, hurt, pain, beautiful and simply…love.