Love Is A Battlefield Poem by Sydne Morris

Love is a Battlefield


Boom! Slam! Whoosh!
The bombs fall to the ground
As I lay on my stomach
In the trench bed
The smell of blood and ego
In the air
I am a solider
But not for my country
For love

I wake up realize the war
Is just in my head
But sometimes love
Is a battlefield.
The bombs are
The obstacles in front of
Two lovers
Man and women
Man and man
Woman and woman
It doesn’t matter
We all fight for the one
We love

Boom! Slam! Whoosh!
I run across the combat line
Trying to find my comrade
The one I swore to protect
But then I realize
Their running from me
How can u protect something
That doesn’t want it?

Reality isn’t war
But love is
Lately I been losing all the battles
The unsaid is the strongest weapon
Of a breakup
But how can someone be
Convinced if they don’t know what they want?

Fear, doubt and disgust
Are common emotions
Loneliness, and despair
Are something I have known
All too well
But Love
Is a battlefield
So I put on my helmet
My armor
Load my ak-47
And run towards the enemy
The one who keeps us apart.
You.

Dedicated and Inspired by Kess'a Stephenson