How do you love
One who will not be loved?
How do you reach
One who will not be reached?
When every hand
Extended toward this One
Grasps only air
Or is slapped away hard,
When all your tools
And methods break and bend
Impotently
Against the One’s thick shell,
And the succor
You offer to the One
Looks to the One
Like an enemy’s blade,
How is even
Love to “conquer all” here
When it can’t get
Past the One’s defenses?
What loving warmth
Can melt cold barriers
And ancient walls
And reach the One within?
What healing light
Can penetrate the dark
Of fossilized
Cocoons where the One hides?
How do you forge
A connection with One
Who refuses
To accept connection?
“They” would tell you
Not to waste time with One
Who won’t love you
Or receive love in turn.
In most cases
I’d say “they’re” right; it’s not
Worth the effort
To bang your head on walls.
But what the hell
Are you supposed to do
When this stubborn
One you can’t reach is YOU?
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