Love- A thinly veiled cry

Sometimes I get lost in the double standard of it all

But do I question it

Do I even dare

God forbid someone wants to bleed die or hurt

Those desires only receive a dutiful kind of care

All eyes on them

Judging, scolding, demanding

All the while not understanding

That the same energy should be given to ones in love

Because what is love if not self inflicted pain

Shouldn’t they also be the ones you shame

They are choosing to prolong their bleeding

A slow burn

With no hope of receiving the respect you earn

When you finally come to a unanimous decision to go out while taking no one out with you

At least to yourself you’d finally prove true

Therefore when I go I will leave no one in my wake

Because surviving with someone is just too difficult a task to take

Even if that someone

Is yourself