The warmth once cast by friends and family has been snuffed out. The security felt thru trust in others broken. The emptyness I thought I had avoided is back. The shell of a man is all that is left. I ache to feel the presence of loved ones once again. I call out their names praying they will help me just as I always helped them but, no one answers. They took the parts of my soul they required for themselves and abandoned me when I had nothing left to give. I lay here naked and broken feeling the kind of deep pain that can only be caused by betrayl. I will find a way to mend myself. I will strive to reclaim all I have lost and become whole once again. I will do all this knowing, that when I am complete, they will return. And the cycle will start a new. Why do I let myself be stripped of all that I am over and over again? Because they are my family and friends. And this is the only love I know.
