Cruel

Sometimes life is cruel, and hard, and cold 
Sometimes I am free, curious and bold 
Tonight I will be shy, I am going to keep my distanced 
And in this way I will test to see who has the least resistance. 

But 

Yet again I am the loser as I played with all I had
Just to be told I misread what I felt we shared
So I will be the one to let it go again 
Wonder if I will ever be fully whole again. 

I am always the one who has to stand to one side
Always the one with feelings I have to hide
The one who is never good enough
And all I ever wanted was to be truly loved...
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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