What Is "Love" To You? - You

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sits my heart.

It has grown,

it has been loved,

and it has been left to soak in all the warmth around it.

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My heart has seen sadness.

It has scarred and endured.

It has seen pain and been devoured by darkness,

but my heart is a fighter.

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At 19 years old,

my heart is in a box.

It is preserved,

slowly but surely

healing in that sturdy locked box.

Then love came along.

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My heart was weary and suspicious,

accusing and pessimistic.

When love stared at me,

I pretended the cracks forming were non-existent,

but they were there

and love was suddenly omniscient.

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Day after day,

month after month,

love broke down the walls and allowed me to breathe freely

for what felt like the first time.

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Love was my friend,

Love is my everything.

I handed love the key to my box

without fear of anything.

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Now I am here at 20 years,

my box is unlocked, and there

sits my beating heart.

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It is there,

wide open to everything love gives

and even the pain I know love could inflict.

It sits ready to heal, ready to feel;

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You.

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