The Sickness Known As Love

The pain that is the joy

That is the core of all my being

Is the heart that beats for you

That gives my life all of it's meaning

The joy that is the pain

That is the center of all things

is this life without the love

And the sorrow that it brings

This love that gives me life

That gives me anxiety and pain

as I count every second away from you 

trying to stay sane

But as the love is ripped away from me

Along with all I longed to be

I see no reason to exist 

that is all I seem to see

This feeling that I feel inside

Is one I've come to know

from the feeling of a burning tide

To the winds gentle blow

From the darkness way down low

to the light of the above

This thing that I have come to know 

Is the sickness known as love.

Reviews

[Justin Xavier Smith]

Well. I can relate to this right now a little TOO well. So I'm not even going to try to critique because it's just hitting me over the head with truth bombs.

[Archilles Matheus]

beautiful. it caught me because I'm going through the same thing. don't have much pointers, since I'm new .but you could have made stanza's; but some space in between so it's easier to read. 90, because it's close to perfect, but nothing is perfect :)