LOVE THAT DEVOURS

 

I loved you until I disappeared,

Until I became the shadow of your shadow,

Until I lost myself in your absences,

No longer knowing where my body ended.

I loved you like a drowning man clings to water,

Like a condemned man kisses the rope,

Like a madman dances in the rain

Thinking it will drown his tears.

You took everything.

My voice, my nights, my breath,

You left a void

That eats me from the inside,

Like a hunger that knows no end.

And yet,

If I had to do it all over again,

I’d still love you.

Even knowing you would destroy me.