Withering Away of Love

Love is a magnificent flower 

Blooming with joy, nurtured by affection

Adrenaline and cheer increasing its power 

Oftentimes the powerful emotion becomes an infection 

What happens when the flower withers away? 

Do the joy and passion once felt become fiction? 

The once loving individuals begin to stray 

Purposely torturing one another with their diction 

In the peak of its life, the flower was bliss 

The words “Because I love you” a symbol of support 

But with a single, poisonous kiss, 

The words begin to distort 

“Because I love you, do what you adore” 

I will be the pathway leading to your dreams 

I will provide love and support evermore 

I promise my love is just as it seems 

Benevolent promises become draconian lies 

The phrase “Because I love you” begins to cause harm 

A person is destroyed as the flower inevitably dies 

Her prince sorrowfully begins to lose his charm 

Because i love you, do only what i desire 

Do not greet, meet, or wave at a single soul 

Your freedom is a virtue you can no longer acquire 

Captured in a dungeon, without anyone to help console 

Because i love you, lower your self esteem 

Without me, you will do nothing except fail 

Save time and give up on your dreams 

Love me despite the storms that may assail 

Forgive me, i truly wish to repent 

Allow me to be the Romeo to your Juliet 

Do not abandon the time we spent 

Our love is a wondrous melody playing on a cassette 

Healthy relationships make the best of us 

Love and support enable humans to thrive 

And yet, there are those who choose to be treasonous

The beasts who by stealing love, deprive 

Love is an emotion, not an excuse 

To torture a once trusting, jovial person 

Whose heart you acquired only to misuse 

Causing her sorrow and your narcissism to worsen 

No matter how much you apologize

The harm can not be reversed 

She will no longer believe your lies 

Nor the words “Because I love you” that you managed to perverse.