Silent Heartbreak

I gave you my heart in quiet tones,  

Laid bare my soul, the parts unknown.  

To you, I was a fleeting glance,  

But to me, you were my every chance.  

I stretched myself in hopes you'd see,  

The depth of what you meant to me.  

But you, it seems, could never tell—  

To you, I was a wishing well.  

I meant nothing, though you meant all,  

In silence, I began to fall.  

I thought that love was meant to grow,  

But it’s not love if it’s solo.  

I wait for words you'll never speak,  

For a warmth I'll never feel or seek.  

And in the ache, I start to learn,  

Not every flame will brightly burn.  

So now I stand, but I stand alone,  

In a space where love had never grown.  

I’ll mend this heart you never knew,  

And find my worth outside of you.