A Garland Of Love

When you think love is all about happiness, kisses and comfort...you haven't really experienced the true form of love.

Love's a disguised rose covered in thorns
Picked it up even after being warned
Pricked my fingers, my insides torn
The awaiting misery was born
Failed to hold in my raging storms
A blood drop fell on the floor
Soon blood was gushing out, more & more
Just like my feelings for you
I let it all out, a soothing view
Forgetting all my regrets
And still I had lost the bet

You are standing on the podium with grace
A smile of victory on your face
The smile etched in my memory, refusing to be erased
You failed to notice my presence in the seats
While I watched you with a mixture of triumphant defeat
It's like how it used to be in old movies
One loves and the other don't
It's like it's all I'll ever be
The unnamed lover always unbeknownst

The clouds were a deep shade of gray
I was searching for a sunlight's ray
Roaming I reached the bay
But you had already left me on my own to stay
Well there's nothing for you to say
'Cause for you, I always went out of my way
In the end, the choice was yours
Whether to stay or set on course
You chose to head off, deaf to my roars

I told myself that you'll come back
But I can't lie to myself anymore
The more twisted the lies are, the more black
The more twisted the truth becomes to explore
I jumped from the highest of peaks
Into the ocean made up of my tears
I've gone through all this once again
I decided not to trade myself with pain

Leaving all of you behind
Is like slowly tearing the layers of my mind
Picked up your pieces with my bare hand
From the remains of my shattered soul
Made a garland of love disguised as rose
Blood mixed with tears made me understand
That you won't pay the price
I was the one who had to withstand
Striving in this hellish paradise

Author's Note

This piece is close to my heart because it is my perspective of love...an account written from the deepest corners of my heart. Hope people find it relatable.