Your Failed Investment

I wonder why

and I wonder how

you could do this

Stepped in like a loving family;

stepped out like passer-by

My life: your failed investment

the withdrawal

ended it

that you nurtured

Like a pearl being crushed

by its own mollusk

Your helping hands

the warmest pair

drew far from me

revealed a cold heart

I, your eyes could no longer see

Then your absence so prevailing

struck me like a whip

able to save me

when I dangled on a cliff

I remember your good words

and my good deeds

spoken and unspoken

and I remember

all done with expectation

of nothing in return

So why must I yell and wail

when you pulled out from your investment?

Broken promises turned daily bread

and past memories fill the atmosphere

Why should I keep this wound opened

and put the blame on you?

When love was given

in unconditional

you do as you wish

as you always have

and I, shall never hate you

for this

© Joel Yap