It's finally spring my love. The false promise of renewal, hope and dreams that survived the stark of winter war. And once again like a zillion times before, my mind lingers on you - my bedraggled knight. Still reminiscing the insincere but oh so seductive cooing of your words whispered in desperate passion. But every time the timbre of that poetic song dig into the marrow of my withering bones, the ruthless but absolutely honest voice of it all - my taunting, yet ever loyal sidekick - distrust kicks back and tell me in the clearest chime of unwedding bells, that it was never real. No love for real, how hard I wanted to believe. Believe my heart's quest always. Pounded down by the utmost power of knowing. Taking down shimmering gates of roses and mashing them all into a weeping horrified pile of compost. Where no new flowers will ever grow. Fodder for black snails and spiders to feast upon, in eager anticipation to reach deep down, to devour the terrified, bleeding heart thatβs buried in its rubble. And the iron armor cladding my spiritual self builds stronger every day. Polished and unbuckled. Continuously fortifying or imprisoning me. I move in the world effortlessly, not one soul seeing the tons of heavy metal that weighs down my skinless flesh. Bedraggled knight, who do not know that he still hold my fortress - my heart. And with just one wink of the white flag would take it all down in a rumble of tears.