Never Returned

I thought it was love, but I guess I was blind, You just played pretend and toyed with my mind. I gave you my heart, my soul, every year. Returned was your silence, your distance, and your love never here. I thought maybe one day you’d love me the same-how foolish to know I was your puppet on a string. The harder I tried, the more I gave, The deeper my heart got swept under the wave. I built us a future and dreamed you’d be there. But you never showed up, I looked for you everywhere. Your love never deepened, it stayed cold and thin, While I wore my heart raw, bleeding under my skin. You stayed the same, while I broke and burned, And all that I offered was never returned. I gave you it all, every tear, every touch- But you never once loved me, not even half as much. I know now what I finally must do. To love me much more and stop trying to love you.