To love and be loved.

We want to love and be loved.
Take a step toward the edge and be shoved
into the abyss, with no direction
palms up, heavy heart a beating, up for inspection.
Is it enough? Is love enough?
Will it survive if we both storm off in a huff
of annoyance because we just can’t take it;
real question is, can our hearts take the hit?
Cause we’re gonna hurt each other,
but it is after the rain you get to see the rainbow’s beautiful colors.
So when our hearts are breaking,
and our legs seem to be quaking

with every step we take,
will we give up and hit the brakes?
We want to love and be loved,
take a step toward the edge and be shoved.
This love’s unpredictable,
farthest thing from typical.
We don’t complete one another, we complement each other.
Each day something new about one another we discover.
Before you my heart had bled,
its old fears it had to shed,
to be born new,
to be able to take this chance on you. 

Reviews

[Ian Craven]

This poem speaks a great truth. However, If you take a chance on someone do you really love them? Because relationship is trust, not a chance... what do you think?

[Kiana]

Thank you for the review! I think love involves chance and trust. If you've been hurt in the past, which is the premise of this poem, I think you have to decide that love is worth the chance, and therefore trust that your partner will be there for you and treat you differently than those of your past. For me chance and trust go hand in hand on the principle that you've been hurt in the past! But that's what I love about poetry, everyone has a different view and different opinion! Thank you again for the review! x. Kiana