you

It goes without saying

that you caught my attention

your smile opened a lonely void

it brightened my day

and lightened my heart

the passion of your words

cut through the isolation

and awoke an ambition

i thought was long departed

each dawn i anticipated 

a few simple words

that would lift my spirit

a short lived enchantment

was all it would ever be

to go from a stunning union

and end at a forsaken breach

must have always been our fate

as i am left puzzled

i have only one to blame

i should have never gazed upon your eyes

and listened to your lies. 

i will forever be humbled

and will tread with caution

for i have learned 

that the fire may warm me 

it will also cripple and abandon me.