they give they gave and they took

They say "love" is unconditional
Yet never have i seen such "love".
And in my mind, im positive that such "love"
Does not exist.
I look around, it dosen't matter where,
But all i see is hollow promises and
unfulfilled words of engangement.
Be it one mans "heartfelt" words to his wife to be
or the parents false declairations to their sons.

This "love" should come at no price
Yet i can't help but gaze into the window
and notice a sale, -"love" was $2.99 now only $1.00-
and it is this that opens my eyes to the truth.

My parents, they give, they gave and they took.
In what is claimed as an act of "tough love"
Although i can't help but notice the similarities
between conditional "love" and "tough love"
For you see, they will give and give but only!
if they are kept happy at all times..
and to me, this seems to be their only source of
happiness.
They do nothing with their lives, but come home and bitch.

They give, they gave and they took, and now they have gone to far.
why give something, if you only intend to use it as a means
To get what you want from us? why give anything at all?
do you think this is a game? do you think your winning?
Well, not from my point of view, all i see is bitter losers,
Using this thing called "tough love" as an excuse to justify your actions.
and in these current times i find myself wondering what has not only,
become of you two, but also what has become of myself, for you see...
I used to know a thing called "unconditional love" but for now
it seems to be nothing more then a distant memory of a past that seems
to have never been a reality.. and it is with these new revalations i leave you,
nothing left to say but this..

I find it pathetic that for one, u only give so that the thing u give can be taken away.
and two, i cannot even stand looking at your faces anymore... because each time i see u
i feel like i'm dieing inside.. so i look away, and think... there is no love anymore,
i cannot speak to you because all i feel is hate.. and i dare not say it to your face,
and this is because of one thing... even though u have lost all sense of love.. i seem to still
carry a small glimour of it.. and it is that which compels me not to say these things
to your face because i know it will crush you... and unlike you... i do not take joy...
in seeing the ones i 'loved' cry.

by Reece
posted on 03/13/2008