Love Poem: Disguised For Love
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Written by: Darlene Costlow

Disguised For Love

SOMETHING MUST BE WRONG WITH ME, TO LET YOU DO
WHAT YOU DO TO ME.  THIS IS SAD PATHETIC, BUT TRUE.
I'VE GIVEN UP CONTROL OF MY LIFE TO YOU.
NOT SURE HOW OR WHEN? BUT IT SEEMS I'M NO LONGER
MAKING MY OWN DECISIONS.


WHEN DID YOUR LOVE TURN INTO ABUSE? WHY DIDN'T I REALIZE
SOMETHING WAS MISSING BETWEEN YOUR LIES..
TO THINK I LOVED YOU AS LONG AS I DID? I HELD ONTO HOPE
THAT YOU WOULD LOVE ME AGAIN.

SOMETHING MUST'VE BEEN WRONG WITH ME? IT TOOK EIGHT YEARS
OF ABUSE FOR ME TO FINALLY SEE, THE HELL I CALLED LOVE
WAS THE FARTHEST THING FROM IT. WHAT I HAD WAS AN INSECURE
BOY WHO NEEDED TO ABUSE, THEN APOLOGIZE, ONLY TO NO SOONER
BLACKEN BOTH EYES...