Hurt

I love to watch your face as we chat
by now i can read its' nuances
i can tell when you are happy or sad
i can see the animation in your face
when you are excited
especially when you utter love words
to me my love and on that day
i saw the excitement in your face
but not directed at me
and in that unbearable moment
all my hopes...my dreams came
crashing down about me
like delicate sand castles
smashed by the sea for now i see
with cruel clarity that all
i have ever envisaged had been built
from a little substance
erected on a foundation no more secure
than a shifting sand
with only the illusion of solidity..