a new shape of love

i'm tired of heart-shaped hearts,
that make it easy
to speak of and show love.

love is not a short-cut,
an embellishment,
a reckoning,
or a hurried swish
to make everything okay.

love is a heart
without a shape;
it's pointy, ragged,
tattooed, crumpled,
squished, torn,
chewed, stretched,
and worn.

so let's speak of
and show each other,
our love,
a new shape of love.