love hurts

love doesn’t make any sense in words.

all i know is, i was sitting on the stairs and a thought came into my head

about missing you

and then the ball of fire

of grief and love

inside me

started warming up

and soon it was burning

and everything hurt so much I had to lie down.

until i told myself

love,

love love love love love

let it hurt you

love bears all

and so i let it

felt the burning

deep inside like I’d eaten

a sunset

and then it rose.

spread out through my veins

warmed my whole body

and let me go.