Call To the Ex

A heavy sadness pervades my chest As I now re-live a long forgotten quest To rise above the darkness and again see the light Has once and for all been dashed on this dreary night To again feel the rapture of my soul floating on air Is a lost feeling to me as all I recall is the pain and despair The long-lost goals and forgotten dreams that were I’d locked away in my heart and held them pure They had inflated a balloon and I’d hoped it would float high Yet it popped in my hand; I had no idea why I looked to the past to find where it all went wrong How could my dreams be shattered when my will was so strong How could she again deny me and steal my self-esteem Now I know the truth: I’ve been living in a dream