Love you better

My heart is sore.
  Your words slap at me.
My heart is weak.
  Your words batter me.
My heart breaks.
  Your words tear at me.

I wish that love were unbroken and unthinking.
I wish that thought only built without me breaking.
I wish your arms were 'round me ever.
I wish our sex were made of fire and endeavor.
I wish you would not turn away,
I wish you would not next time say
   you hate me,
   you loathe me,
   we have no place together.

My heart weeps
    for it loves you better.