An Almost Relationship That Broke My Heart

UN·RE·QUIT·ED
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ADJECTIVE
1. (OF A FEELING, ESPECIALLY LOVE) NOT RETURNED OR REWARDED.

Knowing the intricacies that make up my soul, 
You knew the way to my heart in a way few did.
Opening up to me and telling me all of your darkest stories and fears,
I wanted to run to you each time life knocked me down.
But despite all of that, 
it wasn’t in the stars for us.
Two souls born years apart.
You reopen your wounds each morning and walk around with them, like badges from battle.
No one understands you because you don’t want to be understood.
You don’t take risks because of your fear of failing.
I’ve fallen and gotten up again and I’m not afraid to fall back down again.

Misread glances from across the room.
A glass half empty.
Leaving the bar seconds before the jukebox plays your favorite song.
 

You were always just an almost and never the one