¨Love¨.
A frequently used word that has been passed around for ages and ages.
A word that has no meaning to half of mankind, and a word that is overlooked and forgotten over the time you spend saying it.
To me, love means you’d walk through hell and back just to protect the person who holds your heart.
That’s what I mean when I say ‘I love you.’
So if love is something we all claim to understand, then why is there always so much confusion surrounding it.
To you, love is just a word passed from one mouth to another.
But do you truly feel the weight of the pain and damage it can carry once it leaves your lips?
I don’t think you truly do, because you lie, cheat, and diminish both me and your own name every time you do.
I truly believe that to love someone, you must first learn to love yourself.
Let me teach you, let me show you the way.
Let me hold your hand and guide you away from all your insecurities and trauma.
So maybe one day you'll love me and strip me from all things that branch from hate.
When I look into your eyes I see the capability I see the soul that doesn't know how to feel.
I’ll guide you through milk-white oceans until the feeling reaches you too.
Hold me as you breathe in relief, knowing you can finally feel love.
In your heart and flowing through your body.
Then release that breath slowly, so I can take every part of it into myself.
And in that moment, maybe we’ll finally understand what love means.
May 24
May 24, 2026 at 11:47 PM UTC
¨Love¨.
A frequently used word that has been passed around for ages and ages.
A word that has no meaning to half of mankind, and a word that is overlooked and forgotten over the time you spend saying it.
To me, love means you’d walk through hell and back just to protect the person who holds your heart.
That’s what I mean when I say ‘I love you.’
So if love is something we all claim to understand, then why is there always so much confusion surrounding it.
To you, love is just a word passed from one mouth to another.
But do you truly feel the weight of the pain and damage it can carry once it leaves your lips?
I don’t think you truly do, because you lie, cheat, and diminish both me and your own name every time you do.
I truly believe that to love someone, you must first learn to love yourself.
Let me teach you, let me show you the way.
Let me hold your hand and guide you away from all your insecurities and trauma.
So maybe one day you'll love me and strip me from all things that branch from hate.
When I look into your eyes I see the capability I see the soul that doesn't know how to feel.
I’ll guide you through milk-white oceans until the feeling reaches you too.
Hold me as you breathe in relief, knowing you can finally feel love.
In your heart and flowing through your body.
Then release that breath slowly, so I can take every part of it into myself.
And in that moment, maybe we’ll finally understand what love means.
The poem explores love as something far deeper than just words. It contrasts the speaker’s intense, selfless understanding of love with someone who uses the word carelessly through lies and betrayal. Despite the hurt, the speaker still believes love can be taught through patience, healing, and emotional guidance. By the end, the poem shifts from pain to intimacy and hope, suggesting that true love is only understood once both people are finally able to truly feel it.