I Was Wrong

So stuck on my yesterday
I was a prisoner of my past
So lost, and hoping it would last
Swearing only a little longer
It will get better, it has to get better
Fighting for so hard for so long
One starts to believe hurting makes us strong
That we must suffer to make it worth it
If we've come so far, we gotta make it
I was wrong
Loving someone shouldn't have to be so hard
Love has it's challenges
Though it should be life testing you
Not the person who swears to love you
And just because someone believes they love you
Doesn't mean their love is pure and true
Who loves you won't hurt, or betray you
It's sad one sustains so much
Believing they're in love
It takes them to lose everything
To have nothing
To realize their attempts were in vain
Nothing changed
That in the end
It's just you who no longer is the same
The hurt and pain
The mental and emotional abuse
It sure as hell changes you
You're not the same as to when it all started
You come out a different person
Damaged and broken.

J. A. Burgundy

August 2015