Unrequited

It was a tortured call, then a few texts, 

you can feel a certain screaming 

inside now, but muted somewhere in 

the body, echoes to an inner chamber, 

only your limbs ache for no reason, 

hugs vanished into ghosts of memory, 

life changes in a single moment, 

the sting is shocking and pointed, 

awareness swift and embarrassed, 

certainly everyone knew except you, 

the plot was preplanned well, 

there was no good time to warn, 

the harshest lessons learned, 

when your love goes unreturned.