If This is Love

If this is love,

Then this I do not want—

It’s twisted and full of pain.

There’s no chance I will

Stay out of his haunts—

He’ll end up breaking my heart

At this rate.

If this is love,

He doesn’t have such a thing.

We spend the days silent,

The nights yelling—

My diamond is cracked inside my ring.

When will the storm stop?

There is never spring.

If this is love,

All of his songs have lied,

And I don’t see myself as his bride,

And it’s broken, shattered, wrecked,

Until I fall in love with a good man.

Now if this is love,

Then love him I can.

If this is love,

Then I don’t want to fall in love—

It’s twisted and full of hate.

If this is love,

Fairytales aren’t true—

There is never a happy ending.

If this is love,

family ruins it all—

Life brings bills that bring debt.

If this is love,

there’s no way I want it.

If this is love,

There is no such thing

As Prince Charming and a palace.

If this is love,

Nights are spent yelling,

Fighting over anything.

If this is love,

Days are filled with silence,

And it covers any love left.

If this is love,

Then I don’t want to fall.

If this is love,

It takes ten years off of life—

It complicated everything.

If this is love,

Those songs have lied—

There is no perfection.

If this is love,

It’s a trap that falls

Into a grave and buries itself in dirt.

If this is love,

Then I don’t want to fall.

If this is love,

I think I’ve fallen—

This time it really is love, I know.

If this is love,

The man across from me

Swept me off my feet and

We dance every night.

If this is love,

This is how I will live forever.

If this is love,

I’ve deeply fallen.