Un-requited

So, you have made the commitment.
You have taken the plunge and opened your heart up to Love.

Allowing into your life all of the joys, frustrations, elation, and sorrow that follows.
But as brave as you are to take such a step, Love did not give as warm a welcome.

No,
Love took the best of what you had to offer leaving you with only the hopeful notion of someone else's good intentions.
Love took your most sincere thoughts, the ones that you were so courageous to share, and left behind vulnerability; emptiness; yearning.

With each passing day these feelings grow increasingly more intense.
Burning every ounce of faith you have left until the cinder colored ash is all that remains.

Love; why do so many souls long for the emotion that can leave behind so much pain?