New Love
I only knew the kinds of love that hurt-
The hide the blades, keep your phone on and worry kind of love,
The leave your family because they’ll never understand kind of love,
The face their demons and don’t you dare flinch kind of love,
and I loved, oh god, did I love them with arms breaking from holding on too tight,
but then a new love snuck into my life looking at him and simply saying, “don’t go,”
and I almost missed it. I almost missed it.












