i don't know what love is

i don't know if i believe in love

i don't know if i was in love with you


but i know you made me smile,

even through tears,

when i wanted to shout and sob,

you held me

and made me laugh.


but i know your arms

were the warmest blanket

i ever had the pleasure of knowing

keeping me safe and protected.


but i know you were there for me

when no one else was,

that i could tell you anything,

you would never judge me.


i don't know if what i felt was love,

but it was the closest to love

i have ever felt,

and i know that now,


my heart is broken.