I begin to believe
In love again
Then
Like jagged shards
Of broken glass
Your memory
Cuts through my mind
We were young
So in love
At one time
Unbridled passion
Magnetized
Drawn together
Your voice
Your eyes
Your touch
Heaven
We had such big plans
We knew what we wanted
And we went after it
But we didn’t realize the cost
When we had very little
We still had each other
When we had everything
We lost ourselves
We lost each other
We lost everything
Hearts shattered
So badly broken
Now
When someone whispers
Passionately in my ear
Of how much they love me
And want to take care of me
All I can hear
Are distant screams
Of what it sounds like
When passionate whispers
Turn to hateful insults
And the sweet soul
Standing in front of me
Professing to love me
Wanting to share life with me
Cannot understand
Why
One moment
I am embracing them
As tightly as I can
And the next
I am running away
As fast as I can
They cannot hear
The ghosts from my past
Haunting me
Tauntingly
Questioning
Maybe I’ve never
Really been in love
I wonder
If we were really in love
How could we
Have hurt each other
So much
E.A. Fussell
11/03/2018
E. A. Fussell 