The unrequited affair

You are the memory that lingers all day
The sound of silence on a hollowed day
As you tear me down piece by piece
The pain, the suffering that fails to seize
Like a painting that's been torn to shreds
My fate is what every lover dreads
Like an addict strung out on the elixir of your love
I flee in desperate attempts, like a shackled dove
You let me go, yet you still hold on
How the night still dithers at the beginning of dawn
How can u cherish something that gives you pain
You are the bittersweet poison that keeps me sane
Unbeknownst of loyalty, yet you keep us tied
As if the love between us never died!