Tonight my heart is hurting. I chose...foolishly...to put my heart into something...someone...believing the best of them, investing in them, encouraging them, loving them...and then, when the time came for them to choose their course...they couldn't get past me quickly enough.

In the process they tread upon my heart...I'm bruised and battered...and tired of crying.

I do not want to love anyone else without a guarantee for a long while