The love that has made me is broken
I embraced a beast birthed from fear
A fear of loneliness, of betrayal, of loss
That harshly howled
That forced me to hear
And it was so ugly
To hear my name
Whimpered in such a way
Frightened, disempowered, and distressed
It is a dark scab, branded deep within my head
To see my man so possessed
And it was so grating
And it is still
And as I witnessed love's fracture
It was all that had ever been
And as the beast left
My man was comforting
And I was not worried