Love makes you hope,
Hope makes you weak;
Love shows you dreams,
Hope lets you seek.
Life sends you warnings,
Hope takes away fear;
Folk show their colours,
Hope makes them unclear.
Life’s wounds fester lessons,
Love unlearns to forgive;
Tears gather over smiles,
Love teaches life to live.
I write in contrived rhyme,
Of love found, and of love lost,
Through the years, what I achieved
And exactly what it truly cost.
Why do most get a careless sleep,
When dark thoughts harass me so?
Why do I ask these stupid questions,
When their answers I already know?
Giving of myself comes easy;
Though I am no stranger to my worth;
I ought to be less human to
Carry on life, no matter the hurt.
I am tired of this roller coaster,
I am tired of the bitterness and pain,
I’m even tired of the truthful smiles,
That I know will surely come again.
I know love alters, when it shouldn’t,
I know death hangs around to take us all,
Yet I know I’d do it all just the same,
For I know, I’ve, within, the wherewithal!
I looked at you,
Over an aching heart –
The disgust in you
Gave despair a start.
All I wanted
Was made too clear:
Strong security
And freedom from fear.
Though I know all men
Are much the same:
I played this old game
That has a new name.
I walk the night again,
It will help me cope,
With a cold future,
That freezes my hope.
Your touch has lost warmth,
My eyes aren’t as bright;
You get more than you ask
And I have no will to fight.
I am alone again,
I make love alone;
It is alone I smile,
All alone I moan.
Intimacy was lust
They blurred in the start,
I must explain this
To this fallen heart.
Hearts Still Care 
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