love me bloody

Love me, love me not
love me bloody
nail flowers into your hands
and weld rings to our fingers
tattoo our hearts on our sleeves 
so we really know what it's like to be vulnerable
staple my eyes open
so I can never stop looking at how beautiful you are
choke down a diet of "I love you's"
force it force it force it
you have no other choice right now
until that invisible rope is cut
you'll never know if you actually want that freedom
if you need it
if the love actually exists outside of it's cage
the box so carefully taped together
to carry its heavy load
so what is it
love me, love me not?
love me bloody-
or let us rot?