Needing

I can see that heart of yours hurting
Sadness constantly lurking
Death all dressed up suddenly flirting
Though you've tried everything, nothing's working

You've never felt this low
Why did they have to hurt you so
Constantly beaten down after giving your all
Constantly being set up for yet another fall

This constantly fills you with a need for someone near
To be on your own is an ever present fear
Is this residual pain from a time in your past
Rippling pangs into your future that will always last

Why the need for the constant pain
Taking emotions off like clothes and then wearing them again
A true chameleon in every relationship
Constantly conforming to your perception of every relationship

But the pain from your past is married to your pain now
Your relationships from your past are constantly present somehow
Splinters of trauma from your childhood
Broken bones of emotions that didn't heal good

It all brings you here facing Death in a mirror
That sneer of Death's brings another relationship nearer
Seems all gifts have been hand delivered
And within Death's embrace, you and Love, both shivered