Love will let you go

Writers block OP

It started when I was 12, 

hearing my father yell at 

my mother as if she were

inoperable, like the love

he was supposed to show was 

simply an act to demolish the 

accusations of his domestic itch

shouting abominable slurs as 

she sits still, eyes gazing onto

the kitchen knife as if it were

the answer

At the age of 14, I watched my 

mother break her teeth trying

to open bottles vodka, with the 

anti- depressant pills laying deathlike

across the coffee table, her face so 

pale, her skin so rough and her eyes

so detached from the world around her,

as if my father took the very essence 

that created my beautiful mother

I am 17, sitting anxiously by my sisters

hospital bedside, awaiting the fretful 

news, she had overdosed on pain killers 

because the boy she loved told her

he no longer loved her.

Love terrifies me, love will beat you

hold you captive, tell you it'll always 

hold you in time of need. Love is a 

drug we all cannot live without, love

is an element we use and abuse. 

 

Love will let you go. 

Reviews

[Captain]

I just hate how people need love even though its going to hurt them in the future. This is one of my favorite poems written by you. Thanks for sharing :)