Have you ever been in love? Horrible, isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable.

It opens your chest and it opens your heart and it means someone can get inside you and mess you up.

You build up all these defenses. You build up this whole armour, for years, so nothing can hurt you,

then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...

You give them a piece of you. They don't ask for it. They do something dumb one day like kiss you,

or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages.

It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness,

so a simple phrase like 'maybe we should just be friends' or 'how very perceptive' turns into a glass splinter

working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind.

It's a soul- hurt, a body-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you- apart pain.

I hate love.

Some hearts are broken and mended, Others are shattered or torn,

Although it was never intended, For love is eternally sworn,

I've cried and prayed and pleaded, for that love to hold its ground,

Hope was all I needed, and pain was all I found.

Love is a grand and complicated scheme that hardens,

like coal hardens into a diamond. A diamond is the only thing that can cut glass,

and love is the only thing that can shatter a heart.

Love is a burning desire, That makes your heart light on fire, Love is being with you,

Someone saying I love you too, Love is your tender kiss,

Something you don't want to miss, Love is you and me, And that is all I see.

Angel I now know that God exists. I know this because God sent me an Angel,

that graces me everyday by simply just being present.

An Angel, that the simplest gestures are more filling than a life full of love.

An Angel, that even on the darkest days, seems to be my light.

An Angel, that possesses beauty in its pure form. An Angel, so wonderful, words could never describe.

An Angel, A sweet Angel, that could only be you...

Pardon the way that I stare. There's nothing else to compare.

The thought of you leaves me weak. There are no words left to speak.

But if you feel like I feel. Then let me know that it's real.

You're just too good to be true. Can't take my eyes off you.