I Have Never Known True Love
Every whisper fades to silence,
Every touch a fleeting lie.
I search for meaning in their gazes,
But love has never met my eye.
They take my trust, they take my kindness,
Turn my soul into their game.
A pawn upon their twisted chessboard,
A heart consumed by nameless pain.
I wonder if I’ll ever find it,
A love that stays, a love that’s real.
Or if I’ll drown in empty echoes,
Lost in wounds that never heal.
I reach, I call, I dream in shadows,
But no one answers, no one hears.
A Romeo without his Juliet,
A love eclipsed by hollow years.
The world is cold, the nights grow longer,
Every promise turns to dust.
A sacrificial lamb to cruelty,
A heart that dared believe in trust.
They weave their webs, they play their mind games,
Like love’s a prize to steal away.
But in their wake, they leave me hollow,
With no more hope, with naught to say.
So here I stand—no shield, no savior,
As night devours the dawn once bright.
I have never known true love,
And now, I doubt I ever might.
Copyright ©
Michael Fulkerson
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