You are Love

I Love You
Because You are Love
And I didn't mean to make that connection
To cry in the middle of a poem
To bring Love into that darkness
Or the other way around
"You know how to find the tender spots",
You say
I've always had a gift for reading people
Knowing their weaknesses and how to hurt
And I never meant to hurt You
It's decades of reflexes, of practice lashing out
I hurt before I can be hurt
"There are reasons but not excuses"
I Love You
And I beg forgiveness
When I am thoughtless, arrogant, cruel
What must I do to keep Your Love
To not wear it away like a grindstone
With shortsighted selfishness
What must I do to be worthy
"You still sparkle", You remind me
"You are beautiful"
And I want to stay that way
In Your eyes and heart
May my superficial mortal faults not tear that apart
I need You to think well of me
Especially after I am gone
You Are Love
I don't know how to live without it
So much has changed in so little time