Love is my war zone

The fights lead to wounds

Wounds lead to scars

Scars that will heal

But won't disappear

Scars which lay upon my body

Unable to be erased

My skin is a catalog

Of

Every mistake

Every war

Every loss

Carved into my flesh

Blood drips from the cuts

Bruises darken

Bone crack and splinter

Injuries that I will never forget

I learned from falling down in the field

Gunshots racing above my head

People scrambling to get away

But there is no underground bunker

Because love is my war zone

I take a step back

Strap on the bulletproof vest

Tie my boots on tight

Hold my rifle up against my chest

Prepare for the battle

Because there's no way of telling me

If i'll survive

Love is my war zone

A failed battle

The Sniper

He steers me off course

Swearing to tahe me to safety

But I fell

For everything that was a lie

Lies

A dream

That faded before my eyes

Tears blinded my sight

Sobs shook my fragile body

I fell to my knees

The Sniper led me to my demise

It was a game

I was just a plastic soldier

Moved space by space

He told me I held his heart

And he held mine

He was on a mission

To find his new ally

Another person to give his heart to

That person in the end was my sister in arms

My best friend

She no longer had my back like I had hers

Even though the heaviest of gunfire

The Sniper,

He was on a timeline

It took less than seven days to replace me

His mission will never end

I got caught in the crossfire

I was innocent and naive

My first love

You never forget love

Because love is my war zone

My enemy

My first love becomes a scar

Followed by thousands more losses upon my heart

When it is time to fall back

Sometimes I do

Sometimes I can't

Love is my war zone

It would be easier if I ran away

Evade the battlefield

But this is unavoidable

I try to fight it

But I get shot

I could have retreated

I could have surrendered

But I continue circling back for more

Because it's part of my nature

To love and to protect

To fight and to lose

Even if it means I die in the process

Love is my enemy

The one that konws my weaknesses

The one that can easily tear me down

Once you step onto the battlefield

You must choses a side, a target, and a weapon

The Hero or the Sniper

My Heart or the one trying to break it

Love or a Gun

One of those hurts me than the other

And it's not the one that rips through flesh

No matter what you choose

I won't come out unscathed