One Of Many
The turn of a familiar corner
Produces your unexpected face.
LIke a kiss from chaos,
Hope abandons me,
Ousted by the crippling fiends:
Shame and regret.
Our eyes briefly embrace,
And I am paralyzed by your
Cold, distant gaze.
I grope for any promise of reconciliation,
Knowing I will find none.
Mercy has yet to touch you,
And I am drowning in the sea of my anguish.
I loved you, my heart grieves,
And I broke us.
I am branded with the injustice of my selfishness,
And I silently weep for your pain.
Oh, the victim of my greed,
The casualty of my egocentric ways,
The martyr of my self-love,
You are just one of many.