Strange Love Poem by Christopher Cariad

I show my love in a strange way
Masked under sarcasm and insults.
For those I love, I push them
Harder to be the best.
Sounds like a very strange way to love another.
Wanting them to push themselves to
The very top, and drag them down
With the words meant to have no meaning.
I can’t help it’s the only way I was taught
Or that I fear of opening up.
But seeing that what I say hurts them
And failing in changing my ways hurts me,
So much.
I just lack this power to change.