LOVE Poem: You Told Me, by Kristine Ambrosch

You told me all I needed to know
The night we met
Not directly
But through stories
Quick mentions
Freudian slips
I knew you had abandonment issues
No longer believed
In love
In happiness
You didn’t deserve it

But I could feel myself melt
Immediately
Not in a way
Where I ignored these things
Wanted to fix you
Wanted to save you
I loved you
With these things
Along with everything else
Because Iooking at you
In your eyes
Just for a second
I could see my own damage
And I knew
What you feel is not fixable
It’s permanent
And I’d love to stay for it

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