This burning pain deep within.
Eats away and burns my core.
Makes me cling close to my kin.
But pain is held through strong doors.

The truth is known to only one.
But the rest suspect it is the cause.
And although I still have fun.
This pain just grows and burns and gnaws.

How could one cause such a change
That single mind, her kind, soft touch.
Without which I feel only pain.
This one girl, I miss too much.

This wish to be with her once more
Is the most foolish of all my hopes
At times, I want to knock on her door
But most days I just try and cope.

I have no real purpose to this pain
Except to remind me of my mistakes.
It makes me not care for the cold and rain.
Or the taste of delicious steaks.

There is no joy now, only distraction
Even if I forget it only lasts an instant
I have no will to take any action
And everyday my love is ever more distant.