Navigating The Black Hole Poem by Linda Ori

I skirt the perimeter
Biding my time,
Walking on eggshells,
Avoiding the crime
Of caring too deeply -

I don't understand
This one sided affair,
I give you my all
But you're barely there -
What's the point?

Sometimes I wonder
Why I pursue
This fantasy life
I've chosen with you -
I keep trying......

To keep you amused,
I long for your touch,
I try to be patient
Not give you too much
Or push you away;

But now you are distant
Your words aren't the same,
I think you've grown tired
Of playing this game,
Your coolness I feel;

As I contemplate black holes
And things that fall in,
No chance for retrieval
Of all that has been................
You're not coming back.