there is -love- in sickness
or: some types of love can be bad

i loved you so much i was sick with it
i knew this because i fell too fast,
even when you never fell at all
you never had to smile or do very much
to have me; you had me
from the moment i saw you open your mouth and speak
the way i wished to, look how i wished to, know what i wanted to know
you were the precipice of my dream, the very essence
of my desired being—i wanted to possess you
i wanted to wear your body like a suit,
a slick sack of flesh stretched around my own,
soft, sick and sweet
i was akin to a starving animal,
wanting to consume everything i saw of you,
ravenous—hungry for you,
only for you
i bowed down and kissed the ring,
shiny and golden on your slender finger
yes, that cold metal of you—
scrape me open
make me shudder and shiver a wrack like death
make me feel at home in you
make me wish i could be wrapped around you forevermore
i’d put my salvation in your hands in an instant
i’d tell you to take me any way you’d have me, and
you would never be lonely again; you would never despair to be wrong
or disagreed with—you would never feel empty with my body at your side,
at your disposal
i told you i’d never tell
i’d keep you like a secret, a blackened promise, a piece of my heart,
a chiseled heat, a battered face,
a sacrifice poured out from my very soul
nobody would know
the shame of me
for you
i’d bear your harsh words like torches of flame,
lighting up the empty caverns of my walls,
and i’d treat your kind words like gospel, like law
i’d open up and take what you gave me,
whatever you gave me,
anything at all,
and i’d hack it down,
even with a smile on my broken face,
even with knives
sticking out from my gashed throat
About the Creator
angela hepworth
Hello! I’m Angela and I enjoy writing fiction, poetry, reviews, and more. I delve into the dark, the sad, the silly, the sexy, and the stupid. Come check me out!
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Comments (8)
This is really effective at painting the picture of the hopeless and sometimes pathetic emotions we drag ourselves through. Really great work, Angela!
So relatable and beautiful
Heartfelt and brilliantly-penned! If you wrote a book of poetry I believe that a lot of people would identify with it! Awesome job Angela!
Damn. This hit hard. Thought this line was exceptional - i’d bear your harsh words like torches of flame, lighting up the empty caverns of my walls Well done Angela. This was awesome.
Wow, that was dramatic, Angela. And as DJ says, unnerving indeed.
The imagery in this poem is so powerful, I love it !!!
This is sharp and clean and as unnerving as a knife in the dark. It gives a fresh and terrible meaning to the phrase, "love sick."
I tell people not to be like this but I am like this, unfortunately. I'm such a hypocrite. Your poem was very relatable!