her broken heart is calling out
first a whisper then a shout
rejected and consumed by doubt
but always she will go without

with cold backs turned to one another
desperate need kept under cover
little light so quickly smothered
indifference is a shitty lover

trying to remove my mask
so vulnerable to have to ask
as thought it were some mundane task
to let me in your love-light bask

what was offered you was sweet
but your denial is complete
my exiled heart in shamed retreat
will only ever taste defeat

tracks of silent tears I’ve wept
stain the pillow where I slept
though the vows were always kept
long ago I should have left

all these years you’ve made me bleed
punished me for feeling need
love should never have to plead
or self-expression so concede