Love Is Not Worth The Trouble

Love Is Not Worth The Trouble

I am your friend
Yet you'll watch me descend
I love you
Yet you won't want me above you

Of what good is love
If it still kills you?
Your friendship is like what?
A spittle in the dust
A puff of smoke in a storm
A message on the beach
Washed away by the retreating tide

Love is not worth the trouble
If it still drags me to the rubble
Love is not worth the stress
If it leaves me in distress

(C) Kay Ugwuzor
3-1-2015

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