Love Poem: Protect Yourself
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Written by: DM Babbit

Protect Yourself

Protect Yourself
   from whatever it is
   that you are afraid of.
Pretend it isn't there.
Make hundreds of excuses
   but the reality is
   it isn't any less real.

See the image reflected in the mirror?

Protect yourself
   from the truths hidden there
    in my impassioned eyes
    that rise and fall like ebb and flow.
the very heartbeat of the surf.

Pretend our love is like a crested wave.

It will not drown or wash away,
   it is the actuality of our being here
   once in love rising and falling like the tide
always returning to the shore
   back to your heart 
   and ripped away from mine
when you said goodbye one last time.