LOVE IS BLIND

Francesca Gugliotta, February 2011

Love is blind and I was blinded Completely totally utterly dumbfounded Mystified stupefied astonished astounded My heart devoted to you Love is toxic and I was intoxicated Exceedingly intensely excessively elated Infatuated besotted smitten fixated My heart entrusted to you Searching my soul for what I couldn t find My feelings dictated my rational mind Ignoring that the words you spoke were unkind But you were just as self-doubting as me Constant contradictions that I found confusing Love and praise you kept intolerably refusing Yourself and each other we were always excusing Now I wonder why I couldn t see Love is light and I was enlightened Needily reliably reassuringly brightened Dependent indulged released untightened My heart bestowed to you Love is warm and I was warmed Unaware ignorant obliviously scorned Disrespected rejected discouraged unformed My heart committed to you

Love is complete and I was completed Caringly compassionately dutifully treated Content relaxed submissive defeated My heart surrendered to you Love is lovely and I was loved Tolerated endured forgivingly begrudged Abandoned dismissed resented shoved My heart compelled to you I gave you my heart and trusted in you With rainbow lensed glasses I couldn t see through I believed every word that you said to be true Failing myself and failing each other I lost my true self in a depressive haze I couldn t see why you wanted to unite our days I pushed you away with my negative ways And now your heart belongs to another Love is unravelling and I was unravelled Terribly becoming extremely dishevelled Criticised reproached suppressed reviled My heart discarded by you Love is lost and I was losing Fading declining internally abusing Diminished revived progressing improving My heart no longer for you