the definition

Being in love.
what does it mean to give love?
As an action
as a feeling

What does it mean when I say I give you my heart?
I rip it free from my chest
and hand you something the size of a fist
bloody and dying outside of me
but this is all I can give you
if love is what you're asking from me

Gruesome, skin peeling off the bones
I'm melting into the ground
becoming soil
if this is love
then I am everything.

Being in love.
what does it mean to give love?
as an action
or a feeling

Do you want this piece of me?
I need it to live, circulate inside
blood flowing in red beauty
i am alive here
but if you want it,
i'll sacrifice my life.

caressing my lips with your fingers
love has not ripped me apart
like I thought I would have to
You told me to leave my bloody mess inside my chest
told me to beat freely
create rivers of red that flow





and then I understood what love was.