The Fool's Heart

I've been hurt before

used and abused

I dread the thought of your inconsistencies

How my significance fluctuates

How in the presence of others you elude me

Is it just the fear of prying eyes?

But why can you cling freely to others

and not think it would be normal to be the way we are

you tell me you want me

you know I die to hear those words

but why do those words fall absent?

why do those words fail?

I distance myself.

However...

When you look me in the eye

I gravitate toward you

my resolve broken

my anguish veiled

I am forever spell-bound to a fool's heart

to love you

and to be broken by you