Discontent

Today, just as others
You said I was good
Still, I sit
Alone
With pouted lips
My head bowed, shamefully
Regretting not having pleased you more

For now, I sit in silence
Your voice replaying in my mind
And I ache
My eyes burn, throat tightens
As if tears will soon fall
My chest and heart, wrenched
A hollow mass burning for you

That emptiness
I try to fill with song
The melody pours out
The words
My aches
As well as the tears
Evaporating into a dream

With you
I can breathe
Smile when you are happy
Yet, still ache inside
Believing I could never do enough
Wanting so desperately to give
All of me

Wishing there were words
Actions
Expressing
All I feel for you
And, hoping somehow
That I could please you
As much as I love you