I Love That I Hate That You Love That She Hates You

Have you ever seen a strong person cry?
Watch the tears fall from their eyes?
Have you ever seen them crack in half?
See the pain and after-math?
Of what hurt them
again and again?

Can i tell you how much it pulls your heart?
The fire in your chest that it starts?
Did you ever love what hurt them?
Could it be that they were your friend?
Does the image repeat of a strong one crying?
And that the one that hurt them wasn't trying?

Do you know the agony and soul-break?
Do you wish that it was all a dream; all fake?
Would you go back and try to make it right?
Did you want to try to fight?
For the loving embrace of strength?
Maybe you should've played it safe?

I wish I did, but it's too late,
these are memories I cannot shake.