A Trap

Love,
a word people often use,
they say it so freely,
though their hearts refuse.

People take it too lightly
on impulse, on whim
then they get all confused
lines of clarity are thin.

Now they're trapped in a world,
they didn't expect
one of suffocation an doubt,
or no kind of respect.

Or they're left all alone
with only a broken heart
it's such cruel game
why even start?

People get depressed,
swallowed by their pain
they die of broken hearts
with nothing left to gain.

So why do people say it?
a word that destroys all
why set your self up
just to slip and to fall.

why even start
what you know will bring pain
knowing he'll break your heart
why do it again?

Because of Love...
that four lettered word
that destroys all we know
even before it's heard.

~Monstergrrl18