Unfair Master

Love, why must you cheat me?
Has not my heart obeyed
your every wish and whim?
Has it not rose and fell
as you saw fit at the time?

Love,why do you torment
me ceaselessly, for no wrong?
You let me glimpse what
I most desire, but then
you slap my face and make
me watch as you smash and break
my fragile dreams.

Love, why do you do this?
If you will not move a heart
to beat along with mine.
If you never intend
for me to feel the warmth
of a lover's arms,
nor the soft, yet burning touch
of a lover's kiss.
Please, end my aches.

Love, why wil you not stop?
Bid my heart to never
burn with love again.
Tell my heart to halt its beat
and heal the ugly gashes you carved,
to rest until the world's last night
has cast its shroud.

Love, why do you persist?
Every time I despair
you show me your gentler side
giving me new dreams to have
hinting at a light future.
Lulling me into painless days
until you come again.