A Love Poem

I can no longer endure the suffering of loving you.

I shed tears and

Flesh and bone

And whole organs trying to recover from you.

Trying to recover me.

See I lost me a long time ago and it started right around the time we met.

It wasn’t all at once, you see.

It was a piece here and a piece there.

Until gradually I didn’t recognize myself at all.

No, I’m not blaming you, I willingly gave of myself.

You drank from my well until it ran dry.

Without water there can be no life.

A death occurred.

My death and subsequent rebirth.

I was reborn in the love that I never gave myself.

I became my own mentor and coach.

Speaking only kind, loving, encouraging words to my reflection.

I sit alone with my thoughts and create the life I want.

I now honor my mind, body and spirit.

And I fell in love with me.