In the name of love

Love, may you grant me a little time to breathe
May you untie my wrists for eternity's length
I experienced you wrath before i knew your worth
From my mother's womb, i felt your inflicted pain
When my mother's fragile bones hit on that wall
I felt you incubated kindness when she whispered a promise
An unkept promise of hope to my unformed bones
Only to feel you wrath when her skin bruised blue
I felt your shadow before i knew your presence
So, give me a little time to breathe
Before i am completely consumed by your waves
I watched my mother die for you
I buried her exhausted soul in your name
For her i choose to live

Don't sent me any flowers today
Don't write me love letters of false romance
You do not know the roots from which i was birthed
The soil that anchors my being is laid upon a crust of hurt
My soul was conceived in tears and born of pain
See, i have seen these scars , experienced their wrath before
I cried over them on my birth bed at sight of my mother's face
I first knew those scars before my eyes saw the world
Do not hand me those flowers
Even when their rosy pink clearly intoxicates me
I will not let you make pain from such beautiful creations
Watch me leave, walk away
My daughters will not bury me in your name
I'd rather have life than roses of false hope
I will not die in the name of love