Because I Love You

"Because I love you",

it's that phrase,

that put me what I went through,

that set my young heart ablaze.

I didn't know then,

what I know now.

That you would hurt me without end,

but I would forgive you anyhow.

For you said,

"It's because I love you."

My naive heart,

my innocent mind,

would not part,

believing you were kind.

So the cycle would continue,

you hurt me,

but I still believed in you,

thinking everything would get better.

But one day it was too much,

I realized how foolish I've been,

I wanted to get away from his touch,

after being played like a violin.

I told him,

that I loved him no longer,

his face grim,

he said, "But I love you still."

I was smart then,

for I did not believe him again.

A few months later,

I met another man,

merely a waiter,

but it was with him that true love began.

He was loyal and kind,

only ever treating me right.

I am glad to have left the monster behind, 

for now I have met my shining knight. 

He loves me,

truly so,

with him I am free,

and I learned to let go.