A strong pillar
of love and care
All comes crumbling down
when left unattended

Just like a pillar
A person in love
needs to know they have love back
Or else they collapse

I can attest
that when you love
and they don't love you back
it's like someone took a scalpel
and cut your heartstrings
and left you to bleed out

Or it feels like you've been arrested
Serving time for a crime you haven't done
A circumstance that you cannot control
Like you are locked behind bars
and the person you fell for is on the other side
Swinging the keys in their hands
Tempting and teasing you and leading you on

Only so many lovers keep it together
And so many relations are lost to the never ending abyss
of despair, pain, and jealousy
I can attest