Do you know?

You clutch a part of my heart and you don't even know.
Forever that small piece of me will be lost to what might have been.
Do you know the pain of rejection?
Have you felt that ache deep in your soul?
The more my heart breaks, the harder it is for another to get close.
I'd rather say I was better at rejecting than being rejected, but I'm not.
It's always me putting my heart on my sleeve; me going out on a limb.
Someday soon, I hope there will be a relationship born of mutual affection.
~2003~