Love, broken down.

Love is a four letter word.

L is for leaving me broken
and damaged
and bleeding on the inside

O is for one hundred sleepless nights
and one thousand splashing tears

V is for my very few moments of happiness
for the Valentine's Day that I will now despise
because it makes me think of you

E is for every single lie
and broken promise
and hint of regret

but

L can be for the simple things in life
the little ways that you showed
you cared

O might be the one hundred ways you made me laugh
and one thousand ways to make me smile

V could be the vanities we threw out
so we could be ourselves
not someone else

and

E is the eternity
you promised me.