Rejection's Sting

Feeling rejection's sting again Each time worse than the last It seems like all I am good for now Is remaining in the past Hope revealing its ugly face As a cruel, remorseless liar Giving me a moment's release Just to throw me back in the fire The quicksand of bitter loneliness Slowly creeping over me As I come closer to giving up It feels so hard to breathe Wishing in vain for anything else But the conclusion that I face Buried alive, yet dead inside Until the day I am erased