I have been hurt from love so many times in the past. And it’s all sorts of love, not just romantic love. There’s family love, parental love, siblings love, friendships love, colleagues love, animals love, romantic love, and the love of mankind.
I have been betrayed by love so many times in my life. Felt like my heart was pierced by a knife, with a piece of it ripped out of me.
But all wounds heal with time. It may take a long time to heal, and there may be a scar left. However, with forgiveness, empathy, compassion, and kindness, I can finally look at that scar with understanding of the truth, and no longer feel the pain.
The Rose
Some say love, it is a river
That drowns the tender reed
Some say love, it is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed
Some say love, it is a hunger
An endless aching need
I say love, it is a flower
And you, its only seed
It’s the heart, afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
It’s the dream, afraid of waking
That never takes the chance
It’s the one who won’t be taken
Who cannot seem to give
And the soul, afraid of dying
That never learns to live
When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed that with the sun’s love
In the spring becomes the rose