Hurt

We met like lots of young couples do First as friends becoming something more I soon found myself falling for you Feeling things I never felt before At the beginning everything was great Life was good, but slowly that life changed Those words of love now sounded more like hate Where once a full heart beat, now emptiness remained I gave my heart and soul to you Almost walked the aisle to say “I do” But now I’m scared just to be at home Even by your side I’m feeling so alone No one told me love would hurt so bad What did I do to make you get so mad Why do you throw those awful words of hate While your fists are thrown into my face And when your booze and anger both subside When I’m done with all the tears I’ve cried As I wash the blood from my shirt You say to me, “sometimes love hurts” As years went by you said you’d change And hope would grow a little in my heart But you’d come home drunk again and acting strange Then the hurtful words and hitting would start I built up walls to help protect myself From the bruises on my body and soul That old picture of us on the shelf The sole reminder of a life once whole I gave my heart and soul to you Almost walked the aisle to say “I do” And now I’m scared to pick up the phone Afraid you might be on your way back home No one told me love would hurt so bad What did I do to make you get so mad Why do you throw those awful words of hate While your fists are thrown into my face And when your booze and anger both subside When I’m done with all the tears I’ve cried As I wash the blood from my shirt You say to me, “sometimes love hurts” I just can’t take it anymore (No one) deserves to be treated like this So I’m walking out that door Before I’m lost in your abyss I gave my heart and soul to you Almost walked the aisle to say “I do” But now I’m taking back my heart Before it’s completely torn apart No one told me love would hurt so bad What did I do to make you get so mad Why did you throw those awful words of hate While your fists were thrown into my face I thought we’d make it work, god knows I tried But I’m done with all those tears I cried Love should be a blessing, not a painful curse No one should ever believe “sometimes love hurts” I won’t let you hurt me anymore With your words or with your fists It’s impossible for love And hate to co-exist I gave my heart and soul to you Almost walked the aisle to say “I do” So I’m building back this broken heart By breaking us apart… (For M.)