It Takes Love Poem by Shilesha Johnson

Mr. L said “we tend to hurt the ones we love most”
When I did that to you
I knew it was time to let you go
It took strength to have the courage to do this
It takes love to realize that you ain’t deserve it
It took every ounce of me to agree
It took all I had inside to think of life without WE
It was pain hanging up
Felt like I was turning my back on US
Felt like I was walking out the door
Like you and I was NO MORE
I felt like I got shot rite in my chest
Cried myself till rest
Felt like I didn’t have anything left

We do hurt the ones we love most
And love is what gives us the strength to let go
To let it fly away and come back home
All on its own
And it’s taking love to stay away
To not call and for me to change my ways
It’s taking love to keep me on my feet
Taking love to help me deal with you without me
It takes love to see that you were hurt
To step back and realize what you are worth
To realize that we were meant to be
And sometime near the future
Together is what we will be