❝i
love
you❞
even with the
bandaids,
bleeding,
bruises from beatings
and so i found that
our love was fleeting

what
cursed
words
leave the mouth
******* and cornered
fear quickens the pace
with
many ways to be tortured

❝i
love
you❞
you say
now
do those words
have truth
because a lie
would not be kind
at all