Love

People long to be loved,
A seemingly simple human emotion,
That some people even kill for,

People believe in love,
They want to be rescued by it, to feel it always,
Love to them is magical,

Even after they are destroyed by it,
They still long after it, they pine for it,
Some would even die for it,

I have seen love, I am terrified by it,
Love is shallow and false,
The agony of it was too much,

And so I've learnt the meaning of love,
It has shifted my point of view,

A man I loved once told me how beautiful I am,
Now I want to sleep it all away.