Love

Love smiles,
Love breathes,
Love grows,
Loves swells,
Love heals.

Love bleeds,
Love withers,
Love shreds,
Love dies,
Love kills.

I'll always love you
Too much to ever say
I can't find the words
To make you want to stay

In my arms where you belong
Always empty and bare
A life without you
An existence of despair

Please fall upon deaf ears
Seed planted on rock walls
Cried cried in the night
Echo down empty halls

Veiled eyes refuse to see
What stands before you
A broken heart won't mend
Refusing to renew

Denying how you feel
Contradicting actions
I'll always love you
Heart's contractions

Love smiles,
Love breathes,
Love grows,
Love swells,
Love heals.

Love bleeds,
Love withers,
Love shreds,
Love dies,
Love kills.

Poem Copyright Laura Walters