How can a torn connection, one so expected,
Still hurt so deep?

I can feel it in the core of my being,
The material of my heart being ripped apart string by string.

Perhaps the endless expectations
That it couldn't end this way actually led us down the very path we despised.

This hurt is the price to pay
When you wander into love
Chest held high and with no shield.

Nothing as marvelous as love comes without risk.