never been in love

I just realized
I have never been in love
I have never felt the true love of a man who loves me
dedicated 50/50 love
never felt it and I fear I never will
there is a void inside me that needs this feeling
this love feeling
I have had physical love
physical attraction
good sex, physical attraction,
I just have never felt love in the mind
In my body
I have felt love on my skin,
But never deep within it
where love goes.

wounds

wounds do not have to be made in the flesh, sometimes they can be made in the heart,

in the soul,

wounds can be made by ourselves

or they can be made by others words and actions,

wounds, bleeding, open, sore,

swim throughout

slithering into my mind, to remind me that I am human

wounds can be made by sadness

and can be made by memories

Even if the one with the knife doesn't see acknowledge the blood.