I caressed the cheek of a tear,

Failing to see its effect on me.

I plucked out the flower of my seldom happiness,

Failing to see the roots I had left behind.

Only seeing the absence,

The fruit of satisfaction that I never received.

The dew drops that grace the delicate petals of a morning flower,

I wonder if they are the tears of an angel above,

Or the tears of a person wasting away in a shattered mirror,

Too busy to see the world abided by time,

Soar past her without a thought.

Why couldn't I see the garden I'd left behind and not the trodden earth?

Why couldn't I see the sea's eager white waves and not its beckoning depths?

Why couldn't I see the stars painting the sky and not its fueling fire?

Why couldn't I see the love in your eyes and not my flaws?

I saw the snow white feathers that failed to to fill the hole in my soul,

But failed to see your shredding wings.

Maybe that is why I didn't feel your hands slipping away from mine,

Until the thread that held us together fell thin.

This part of me,

That I failed to see,

Is a part I cant shield myself from,

Its a lie that swallows me up whole,

A riptide, eroding away at my soul,

A lie, I dont think I can let go of.

I should have known that ,

What I looked for in your eyes,

Was not love but my flaws,

I conjured up illusion that you didn't see and blamed you for it,

And you should have known that,

I'm just broken clay piece in the mold of your heart.

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This poem, is in no way talking about only break up guys. Its generalizing relationships.