funny thing about love

Funny thing
about love is

when the heart
breaks and you
crumble from the
inside out

you think
damn, I can’t do
this shit again

and then the next
time you think
well rama lama ding dong
I didn’t love this
hard before

maybe even think
damn, I’m sure glad that
last bitch is gone

and then the time comes
again she’s got her bags
walking out the door

the goodbye is permanent

all you can hear
are the crickets and the June
bugs banging their
faces against the street light
bulb

breathless and no
appetite

the annoying
dripping sink somehow
a comfort and a tell-tale
sign that this is real

it sooths with consistency
the only one thing
holding you together

and you think
I can’t do this oh
my god I can’t
do it again

the cycle turns and
life just sucks
indefinitely

and we learn again
only more lessons stacked
upon epiphanies and

eventually move on
evolving with wisdom
sometimes not

yet every time
the new one comes
we love

forget the old
invest in some hope
often useless

but we love and
each time, every single
time

we do it harder than
before and

I suppose that’s why
I keep doing it

People say
it’s better to have
loved once
than to never
have loved
at all

well
I say it is better to
strike out but

you gotta play
at least nine innings

tell your partner tonight
you love them

come on
let’s play ball

Copyright © 2012 – Bobby Travis – All Rights Reserved

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