power of romance
invites, entices, lures
heart cries to be joined
filled in blissful hope

but as before
we knock at love's closed door
we see a glimmer of light
but it's slammed shut yet again

doomed to repeat
mistakes of the past
until we accept
real trust, held fast

closed heart cannot touch
attracts only the same
answer is to walk
no longer, victims, remain