Don't lie to yourselves,
and don't you dare lie to me
because I know that selfishness
doesn't tie nooses
nor does it
fire gunshots into the mouths
of the so called "selfish."
Shame and guilt are the culprits
the ones who cut wrists
and overdose on pills.
Yet, I'm afraid
that they are seldom
held responsible for their
actions.

You've never been in love,
but you've made love to seven guys
and I guess that's because
there's a part of you that hopes
that the two are one in the same,
but they're not.

And you don't feel loved either,
and that's probably
because you've never been shown
what proper love looks like.
All you know love to be
is that fleeting feeling you get
when you make love to someone,
but I assure you it's
not the same.

I wish you could experience
what love really is,
and that you could stop adding names
to the list of those you've "loved"
because all you're doing is hurting yourself.
But most of all, I wish you could see
that you deserve to be loved
and that one day
someone will love you
for you.