Hurt No More (Final Version)

Posted by Terrence Johnson

Countless things are done in the name of love

Some beautiful, some dangerous, some illogical

Still each one lovely

Love tells you to stay

When you know you should leave

Enduring excruciating pain

To reply

I know he/she still loves me

Staying with someone

That cares nothing about your struggles

When their petty issues always come first

All in the name of love

Trapped in a slow dance with love

Loving when love is good

Seemingly inescapable when love turns bad

Circling and circling in the middle of life’s dance floor

Dizzy from its motion

Punch drunk love

Woozy with affection

Good advice falls on deaf ears

Because others “don’t understand our love”

Obvious pitfalls in others eyes

Are oblivious to us

Shielded by love’s brilliance

Blinded by the hope that one day

Love will make everything right

That the hurt endured will be worth it

Nights of tear soaked pillows

 Attached to hurtful words that still remain

Just to maintain love

Clutching with all our might

Until nothing is left