You tease me-
With your playful winks and wide smiles
Looking directly at me.
As if it us just us two.
But your smile never falters,
As you avert your gaze elsewhere.

Do I matter not?
It feels like a game.
You the cat, and I the mouse.
Why do you torment me so?
Do you derive pleasure?

Should we be able to restart life,
Maybe things would be different.
Maybe there'd be a path for us
To follow along the moonlight.

You do not seem to understand
I would give the world to you.
Yet you would barely lift a finger.

Small caresses and gentle touches
Fuel the roaring fire in my soul

Yet your heart is only dull embers