Someone Old, No One New, Feeling Borrowed, Always Blue

My heart is empty,
Scarred by my past,
Forgotten loves,
Singeing my horizon.

A reminder of what was,
And what cannot be,
Alone in my mind,
Sorrow drips from my eyes.

Hopes and dreams,
Drenched in defeat,
I wander to loneliness,
My friend,
My confidant.

I held my head high once,
Before I knew the stinging loss,
A heart manipulated,
Blinded by emotion.

Take it all,
I have myself,
My aching, learning,
Burning,
Self.