If This Is Love Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Love being held gently in a broken heart, filled with tears
from many years of abuse.

Soul having been ripped and torn from the words and curses
being hurled at all times of the day and night.

Being subjected to the fruitlessness of a deadened life at
the hands of an abuser.

Constant and never-ending blaming and lying, hurting a being
who he claims to love with all his heart.

If this is love, I never want to experience hatred from
another human being.