Go on,
Break me.
Shatter my heart into smitthereens--
Challenge me to love again.

Because I will always choose to love
I will always choose.

What are you afraid of?
You have nothing to lose.
You never wanted this anyway

And I--
I know myself well enough.

But why are my eyes wet,
Why do my lips still tremble,
And why am I angry?

This unwelcomed hurt
Feels too familiar--
That it no longer is a stranger
I am aware.

And like a pheonix,
I will, inevitably, rise from
the ashes.