Because I love you

Because I love you I gave you my hand I gave you my name I gave you my future For my love you traded My hand for a bruise My name for a curse My future with pain Because I love you I hid the bruises I hid the pain your wicked tongue inflicted I hid my sorrow Because of your love My mind was scarred and my heart was broken My eyes were broken dams in the midst of a war My soul forever changed Because I loved you You destroyed me And I allowed it You hurt me I hid it You destroyed everything dear to me And now I'm free Because of your hate filled "love " I left you behind And now I can look into someone else's eyes And hear the words Because I love you..... You are mine.