Sometimes love means
Knowing when something isn't working.
Painful as it is
It is far better to let go
Let loose
Before the love turns to something else.
Vile, evil thoughts
Blames, you did this or that
Recrimination, jealousy
Angry words and actions
Hate and rage and bitterness.
Sometimes love means
Letting go.
Loving someone enough
To look inside, to see past
The fear of being alone
The painful loneliness of coming home to no one but yourself.
To say that it has to end.
Not for your selfishness
But to save you both
From worse things in time.
Sometimes love means
To not only love the other
But to love yourself enough
To realize that
You have to have the strength
The will, and the power
To persevere,
To not give up and give in
To not say "come back, all is forgiven".
Sometimes love means
To be alone,
To have nobody
To live inside yourself
To continue with life
When all you feel is hurt.
And to be all right with that.