Love Lies Bleeding - a poem

I write poetry. Actually, I write a lot of things; poetry, blog posts, recipes, restaurant reviews, rants, short stories; I'm even working on a novel (for the past three years), which I may never finish because of my self-diagnosed ADHD...look...a squirrel! But I digress...

This poem, called Love Lies Bleeding, is about marriage; which, after three failed marriages, (ok, sure...it could be me) is a subject that I either know well; or know absolutely nothing about. 

A little background info - It's not about me, or any of my marriages. I wrote it about a woman I knew, who was in a tumultuous, co-dependent relationship with a guy; but married him anyway, against her better judgement. She believed that two emotionally damaged people could somehow save each other. Although she was hesitant about the marriage, he gave her an ultimatum and she acquiesced. Of course, it was a train wreck.

  

Love Lies Bleeding

I laid my heart at the altar

ripped and raw and writhing

sacrificed in the name of love

angels cried from up above

they wept for the innocent organ

as white lace turned to red
bleeding to prove my love was true
dying to know if you loved me too

I laid my heart at the altar
ripped and raw and writhing
praying you'd heal it with your love
angels cried from up above

C