Surviving Love
Before you can love you must
First become acquainted with yourself-the quirks, habits, traits
That make up the core of your identity.
You must come to appreciate yourself, and
Realize that only you last your lifetime.
For love is a fickle, finite thing.
Joy-when you finally achieve its ephemeral intoxication,
Anguish-when it finally shreds your heart and soul,
Leaving nothing behind but savage torment—
A cold, dark agony that rips apart the very essence of your lif