Ghosted

it happened again
for the hundredth time
this time it will be
different I said

this time she will reply
and she did
for many days
I felt the joy again

for three nights
I walked the high wire
treading carefully
between caution
and reckless abandon

I will not squander
my heart again I said
this time it's different
this time I know

but there it was
it had been
hiding and waiting
the thing I feared most
waiting indeed
for just the right moment
to tell me it was all a lie

the Silence was back
to bring me out again
into my cold and lonely
reality