i hold on to the night,
you told me "hang in there,"
and you hugged me tight
it was too dark in herea little cut didn't kill me
you told me "i'll be your light"
and the next time i see
i was alone in this fightthe cut became bruises
you told me "stay in your room"
and your words became useless
then my whole world doomedi wish i should have known better
i wish i shouldn't love you harder
once you told me "you are God's answered prayer"
yet you fooled me like my ex-lover
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Love and Other Anxiety: a poetry collection
PoetryLove and Other Anxiety talks about the irrationality of being a lover, a partner, a friend and of being a person inside a relationship. One of the most crucial part of coming up with the idea of love as a form of anxiety is proving that it can be a...