Once again, open wide my heart has been ripped, Now and then, it stopped, and a beat had been skipped. A tear in my eye, for the absence proclaimed, Pain draws nigh, when I do hear her name. Her flirtatious ways, branded me special indeed, I was lost in a daze, and my mind paid no heed. To the signs that were there, if only I had seen, She really didn't care, didn't say what she'd mean. Self absorbed like a sponge, she held too much water, My ego took a plunge, became workplace fodder. But I will rise again, with my spirit secure, It happens to most men, we fall prey to allure.