You Call This Love

I am bruised,
black eyed
from loving you.

You are deep
inside me,
poison seeping out.

Yet I,
I am with you
in every angry word you speak,
in every unspoken insult you hurl,
in every kiss you give,
including those kisses
that do not include me.

And there are more scars
that you cannot see,
yet you call this love.

And you smile at me,
for you know
that I cannot live without you.