What Love is For

If long ago you told Love, “No More”,
yet one day, she showed back up at your door….
Would you allow that Goddess in?
Or would you refuse her once again?

Would you see her punished – just another whore,
until she collapsed, a broken heap on the floor,
bludgeoned by the pain you’ve suffered before?

Because Love is not welcome – not anymore.

Instead of letting Love in
to heal those wounds deep within,
would you really choose Hell
because it’s what you know well?

And what of your heart,
whose beautiful scars
would be inspiration for others
if not kept behind bars?

With walls so high,
and barbed wire and bars,
in this prison you’ve created,
your heart slowly starves.

And there lies that Goddess there on your floor,
and once again you hear yourself say “No More”.

But this time it’s different
because you’re now on your knees; 
this time you’ve listened;
you’ve heard your heart’s pleas.

And you have decided
to put an end to this war.
Your high walls crumble
and you open that door.

And you summon your courage
seeing Love in a new light,
and that Goddess rises up,
radiating delight.

For it was no mistake Love arrived at your door
and willingly sacrificed there on your floor.

She knew your story; 
she had heard “No More”,

But this Goddess is Love, 
and Love knows the score.
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In Love is the healing,
that’s what Love is for.

-Kasey Ford