The Bluestone Review 2020

The Bluestone Review 2020

Poetry

As if love was real as if you were real as if I could believe, for once that we were meant to be You Can Love Demons By Onnika Turley You can love demons

You were watered by my tears And grew from my loneliness. You wore a face of friendliness. You walked in, And I believed my life clicked in. That you were meant to be in it. You took my feelings, My body,

And here and there I didn’t even notice What was and what wasn’t mine. After all, you told me I didn’t deserve it. And I believed that, I believed that I didn’t deserve you. You made me think that it doesn’t get better. The sadness, You opened depths I never knew I had in me. A sadness so deep I thought ladders would never be able to reach me.

You abused my mind mentally, And Controlled my thoughts. I was your doll honestly, For you to rip apart and piece together again, To play with whenever you feel up to it.

It’s okay. I’ll wait, For you. It’s what I Deserve

Because I love you… -you can love demons

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