Exhausting

It was exhausting the way I loved you.

I threw every ounce of myself into it.

I dived head first at your heart,

but just as I should have hit the water 

I hit a brick wall.

Where a splash should have been

was a scream of pain.

Your guard was up,

and I was left battered and bruised, 

with a heavy heart, 

and an even heavier loss.