In pain we love

I understand the depth of pain love can cause,

it is in this pain I know my heart is whole.

To be so vulnerable enough to allow one in,

to control everything you feel inside without fear.

I have had thorns in my side from the most beautiful rose,

endless tears caused by just opening my heart.

It was there when I knew I was complete,

there was only pain twisted with smiles so pure.

She holds my heart in her hands,

sometimes it hurts, most of the time perfect.

Nothing seems to matter when I look into her eyes,

how she loves me, how she knows who I can be.

Under her umbrella I am sheltered from the rain,

but in this pain I am covered in her tears.

We cry together knowing the lessons taught by love,

making all things so lovely in our eyes.

She feels my heart, I cry her tears, we love and live,

in some ways she feels what I express as I bleed her blood.

To love her with all that I am means everything,

the pain, the joy, the sorrow and laughter combined.

If I took away the pain, I wouldn’t be human,

I would be hidden and alone in the rivers my love has cried.











Johnny Newell