Unwinnable love

He walked up to her and said hi,

Not knowing, in a short year, it would be a heart breaking goodbye,

How quickly they had bonded,

He found that she was all he had ever wanted.

The first date, the first hug, the first kiss,

All were perfect, yet for her something was amiss,

He was happy beyond words,

She was taking small steps backwards.

He worked hard, spilled blood, sweat and tears,

So that he could keep her by his side, suppressing his fears,

Of her leaving him for another,

He just wanted a future together.

Then came the first fight,

Words exchanged all through the night,

He said some things, she said some more,

Phones switched off in anger at quarter to four.

Morning came, afternoon shined and dusk fell silently,

He called and messaged and waited patiently,

Then he received a single message from the one he loved so much,

"It's over, please don't keep in touch."

In the silence of midnight one could hear,

His heart breaking in silent despair,

A single fight and his love was discarded,

For all his efforts he was thus duly rewarded.

Two months since the fateful night,

He sees a picture of her holding someone else so tight,

Too numb to even be horrified,

He prays for her, yet wonders what was it that he couldn't provide.