Love Unrequited

He couldn't love

a real woman

A woman wild

and grown

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Unmasked

unique

all her own

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Her reality was revealed

but he couldn't handle it

because he hadn't accepted his own

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He hadn't grown into

the man he could be

so he pushed her away

self-righteously

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Her love was more than enough

It was overflowing in abundance

More than his naïve hands could hold

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So he settled

for less

Second best

*

Someone that fits

the comfort of his molds

Something that made

him feel in control

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Thinking he was better off

rejecting real love

for his addiction

to the same old

frivolous masked women

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Unaware

that the masquerade mask

is always more elaborate

than who hides behind it

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A pervasive preference of pretense

rushed through his veins

to quell the pain

of loving incompletely

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The grown woman grew tired

of loving an addict

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She finally gave up

on the naivety of her love

after too long

of being taken for granted