Superhero

What is a broken heart? Loneliness, loss of familiarity, loss of self? A broken heart doesn't have to come from a boyfriend or girlfriend. It can be caused by friends and family as well. I wear my heart on my sleeve and am willing to give anyone the opportunity to break it. Do unto others as you want done unto you is a motto I have tried to live by my entire life but at what point do I understand that not everyone thinks the same. I want to love because I want to be loved. I care because I want to be cared about. Maybe it's selfish that I look to be rewarded by my actions. But I take great pride in knowing that the reward I seek is only love itself.
I have learned that emotional walls create barriers in our lives. We all need reassurance, we all need acceptance. We all crave the feeling to belong without judgement or ridicule, that's when we feel safe, that's when we feel loved. When we find the person that provides all these things, we want them around. They create a sense of completeness. They create a world that has no fear because you feel they will always be there to protect you.  They help you find strength that you never knew existed, they take your hand and walk with you through the fire.
But then its gone. You instantly cling to the past, begging them not to leave you in the middle of an incomplete journey. You feel as if you are falling with no one there to catch you. You call out but no one ever answers. It's over. As quickly as it appeared its gone. What you've grown to know as happiness is no more. You stumble as you try to rise, hoping they will be there but as you look up they never appear. You try to simulate and replace the feeling because you understand life goes on but your brain misses the euphoria called love.
For me, my broken heart comes from realizing my superheros aren't really super at all. They can and will hurt me. They can and will disappoint me. They can and will leave me alone...I realize they are who they are because of who I make them out to be but at the end of the day superheros are just regular people