I Need...

We are so different

Sometimes we wonder why we are together

We fight all the time

And make up in an hour

We pretend like it doesn’t hurt

But we both know the truth

Why do we do this each other?

Tear ourselves down to the point of feeling nothing

Screaming and yelling

Slamming doors

Car engines roaring and tire squealing

We hurt each other

Because we love each other

But is it really happily ever after?

When we fight, and you yell and spit fire. . .

I feel like I’m not worth anything

If you love me then you’ll let me walk out that door and not look back

Don’t keep pulling me back into the fire

Let my bleeding, scarred heart heal

This love is dark, full of anger for a mistake that meant nothing

Forgiveness never came to be whole

I need freedom, sunlight, space, time

I need someone who can move on, forgive me, know that I am not perfect

I need . . . true love.