Love Me for What I am

Sharp bite of a whip are the intentions of your words

Finding satisfaction at the sting that nips deep into the very depths of me

Regret is my name on your lips as the screams of it echo in my ears

I, resenting the voice that speaks to it so hollow

You prefer me in the shadows of your fails

Baring down, picking away, as if to find justification

Yet there is none, nothing but the wounds that you leave open 

Like a pet tethered to a tree, 

You stain my neck with the ropes intended to confine me

Stringing up my hopes, making them a target for the losses you've sustained

Am I to pay such a price? Am I just to understand?

I, a child, you, a man

Injuries bitterness rages within, rages the hearts angry blaze

Uncertain to the capabilities of knowing your love

Dreams in my innocence, dreams to a possibility for you to

Love me for what I am

 

Reviews

[Jupiter]

This is very deep and beautiful. I had to read it twice. The ache I feel from it is almost addicting. You have a way with words, capturing but alluding to the deep down feelings of despair. I love it. I can't wait to read more.

Small critique:
"Dreams in my innocents"

Did you mean innocence?

Jupiter