What is Love?

I watch them

Walk out the door

Of my life

Forever

Their footprints are ingrained in my carpet

Their words fixed in my mind

I remember the nights

The arguments

The pain and the hurt

The commands

The lies

I picture their lips moving

Don’t hang out with your friends

Don’t go without me

That’s what you’re wearing to work

Come here or else

I Will Leave

They are gone

I caused it

They were sucking out my soul

And crushing it

Clipped my wings and hid them

And I let them

Because of one word-

Love

But this was not love

Love is Honest

It comes from the heart

Is shown through actions

Is sincere

Love is Free

It is not a pitfall

It is souls rising together

Not tying the other down

Love is Persevering

It suffers

Yet it stays

It endures

Love is Trust

It does not doubt your character

It knows you

It believes in you

Love is Kind

It smiles

It warms your heart

It thinks of you

Love is Patient

It does not rush

It does not force

It allows you to fall into it

That is what love is to me.