HURT

 

When your heart

Has been broken

And stepped on

It leaves you hesitant

Reluctant to try

To give in once more

To open up to emotion

To dip your toe

Into the mire

Into the ocean

Of desire

To dip your toe

Into the ocean

Of unknown emotion

If you don’t

Enter the water

You won’t get wet

There is no danger

Of being dragged under

Should you take a chance?

On love again

Throw caution to the wind

Open yourself up to the pain

Or the pleasure

Feel the love

Washing over you

Immersing yourself

The waves washing over you

It may drown you

If you do

If you resist the temptation

You will be safe

Unharmed in your segregation

Yet a single moment spent

In the refreshing waters

Stood on the ocean floor

Is worth a lifetime

Spent safely on the shore