Achille’s Heel

It’s not fair

messages,

but no real

dialogue.

You reach for

connection,

but not for me

in the ways

I need.

I don’t know

how to say

no,

how to let

go.

My heart

doesn’t stop

beating

just because

it ended.

And you know

my Achilles’ heel,

how to make me

kneel.

I have to stop

the pain

from recurring.

I have to learn

to believe

in consistency.

Antonio Canova, Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss, c. 1793