Everything and Nothing

I gave you everything You gave me nothing. I gave you my dreams, Laid them beneath your feet. They carpeted your path to success. And I – long forgotten. My dreams, a remnant of what was; Long since drowned, dingy and trodden. I gave you intimate dreams – But my dear, you gave me only endless nightmares. And oh, how I filled you with love As you emptied me of hope. And blinded, I fell foolishly. You rendered my love limp, My breathless heart labouring Scars of violent lacerations Howl my long-since harboured lament. The fragility of hope. The finality of ruin. I remember, I remember how I gave you everything I remember, I remember that you gave me Nothing. Rebecca .A. Huxley