Society's Love

because i love you, i listen when you shout

because i love you, i cover the marks you leave

because i love you, i gave up my friends

because i love you, i speak to my family no longer

because i love you, i no longer call it rape

because i love you, i gave you my freedom

because i love you, i melted into your being

because i love you, i am left an empty shell

no longer am i me, i am a ghost of who i was

so why does the world consider this love

to love someone is considered a great pleasure

and yet not all lovers see it as thus

societies definition of love is to reign over them

to become their master 

to demand the world of them and give nothing in return

when will we stand up to those masters

wretch the whip from their hands

stop the cruel injustice upon those they have inflicted

only when we have done this will society ever rightly learn

what true love is and

all of its wonderful possibilities