Amorephobia

love is fear
this does not mean
be afraid of it

it simply educates
that love
is terror incarnate

it is living in dread
of losing
forgetting
or otherwise misplacing
the living other
that makes you
feel love in the first place

love is fear
this does not mean
you should hide from it

it only assures
the lesson all of us
any way adhere to

of facing it
by putting a face to it
mixing a body
and a mind with it
accepting you are scared
and knowing
someone else accepts it too

love is fear
this does not mean
it is your enemy

nor does it hint
love could be
your friend

it is only confirmation
and personification
of it's inexplicably
random behavior
and it's ability
to play both roles
with equal ease

love is fear
this does not mean
it will kill you

but give it a chance
and i promise
love will not
let you live