Unrequited

I opened my heart like a flower

And my petals got soaked

In yet another rain shower

Now my soul is all bedraggled

As tears fall

With the pain of missing you

After your latest blow through

Like the uncontainable breeze

You disappeared

Ruffling autumn leaves

Causing them to surrender

Their hold on trees

Apparently they call this

Repeating the past unconsciously

Due to emotional absence

We attract the same

The one who makes so many promises

But is always unable to stay

For some reason

Something calls them away

While we wait

With our petals all bedraggled

Not really knowing any more

A way to stay closed

If we pretended it didn’t hurt

We lied

And then denied

The longing in a heart that ached

And was doomed to witness

Its own breaking

Repeating

Time after time

Left all alone to mine

The abandoned pits of longing

Left behind

From earlier losses

Delivered all alone

To the compulsive repeating

Of a pain

We must reclaim

And find some way

To make our peace with