keep saying it over and over
until it seems real to
your wary, scary brain

oh, if you say it enough,
it will become real and
you won't have to write

about it anymore, poems about
pain, life, agony, there's so much
of it already, who needs more?

keep saying it, "you're not in love"
because it should be true, it shouldn't
hurt, you are not in love

hopefully i can believe that
doubt i will though
it persists anyways