Because I Love You

Don't cut your hair

No more makeup

Wear this please

Stay with me, forget your dreams

Friends, family they're in the past

Now you got me

Forget your responsibilities

They don't matter

Because I do

Because I love you

Slamming doors

Hiding tears that poured

With all the shouts

Didn't have a doubt

We were meant to be

Didn't see how unhealthy

And that our perfection

Was just a piece of fiction

Blinded by your candied lies

Because you loved me

1 year 2 months

You were done

Then told me

I wasn't enough

That you and me

We weren't meant to be

Screamed and threw myself on the floor

Didn't know why I hadn't seen it before

That all this time didn't see your crime

Because you did not love me

10 pounds. 1 week.

No food for me

Left to be seen

As a freak

Crying in class, sent for help

Teachers said, "you're not well"

Sobbing on my bedroom floor

Don't know who I am anymore

Had been someone that I'm not

When I thought, that you loved me

Pushed to the ground

Kicked while I was down

Thrown into a fire

Been strung along your wire

For far too long

But I came back strong

With a new found desire

To find someone to admire

Who's words aren't manipulative and empty when they say

Because I love you

Best friends and lovers should not tell lies

Should not hide behind

The perfect disguise

Stowing away what they are inside

No more fights for control

Both need courage to grow together

Neither more important than the other

Safe in their arms, protected from harm

Consent is key, not worried they'll leave

Because they love you

Be careful when someone says

Because I love you

Because I have learned

Words are weapons too

You don't need a bruise to show abuse

It's okay to leave

Take your time and grieve

Don't listen to the worlds view

We are all here to help you through

Because we love you