I cry because I hurt and not ashamed to admit it. Disappointment follows me all the days of my life like a stalker in the night. I never felt so sure that THIS time, it would last forever. So painstakingly wrong I accessed the state of being, all I can do is shake my head in disbelief that THIS too wasn’t going to last. The ache penetrates my heart like a jagged knife…cutting to shreds all that I upheld to be my soul-mate and love of my life. Once again, torn is my heart into pieces of fragile nothingness…I can’t feel and don’t want to feel again. I will build a fortress of protection to ward off all that come inquiring within…for in MY heart, there is no more space to extend. The path to my heart is no longer available, the road is a cul-de-sac and cannot be entered. STOP, WRONG-WAY, DETOUR, DEAD-END STREET…That’s what the contents of my heart now reads.