I Was in Love with Love

I was in love with love
but love
was a stranger
to me

As a child I was told
that
love hurts
so I believed
that it did

When my heart bled
I called it Love

When it broke
I cried in the name of Love

Love never
let me down
It hurt, I cried

and thus went
my love affair with Love

One day I awoke
and found
this Love was an impostor
I had been lied to

Love doesn't hurt
Love loves

Love clothed me in beauty
and wrapped itself
around my
heart

I cried
not from sorrow
but joy

I was no longer in love with Love

I became it

c Deby White Jizi 2008