Do you know what makes my heart ache? Beyond lost loves and broken promises. Past personal failures and regret.

Do you know what truly hurts? What weighs heavy on my chest and makes me weep endlessly each day?

When I see the ones I love give up on themselves. Watching them vanish into strangers I do not recognise.

Waiting as that punishing cloud sweeps overhead. Ready to hear its cruel taunts and accept its wicked words.

“Stop hurting them!” I want to scream.

Tears flood down my face as I witness their pain. Powerless to stop the damage of its wake. Seeing them, external pieces of my heart, chip away.

“It’s not true, it’s not true. Don’t listen!” I exclaim.

I’m yelling as loud as I can and yet they do not hear me. I cannot fathom how they can be so callous to something so dear to my heart. So vital to my life.  

It’s the heart ache that weighs on me each day. A torment that never goes away.