writing thoughts
deleting thoughts
anger flares
and then subsides
love blooms
and fades
you’re hot
and then you’re cold
you want me
but you don’t

is it
a human
pattern?
a species’
self-torture?

the plot
to transform
my heart
into
dust

people
succumb
to less

i am settling
for
less

i once yearned for
less

when I felt like
less

but
maybe i'll realize

i
am
more

how many

.times.

can you learn the same lesson?

you make me rage

because

it's just not

right

what would i do?

becomes

what will i do?

your pain
is my pain
share it with me
we can carry it
together

your words
weaving
sweet daydreams

fill me with
hope

until

the words
remain
just that.

i waited
in vain
but i learned
something:

never
again