Request Assumed Denied (Villanelle)

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Request Assumed Denied

I try to hope for nothing, yet
Wait hopelessly for touch or word.
You cannot give what I would get.

I do not sleep, but wakeful fret,
my pleas untold and thus unheard.
I try to hope for nothing -- yet --

I'll ask for nothing I'll regret.
You will deny, withdraw, demur --
You cannot give what I would get.

What I might give, you can't accept.
Hope you like your happiness deferred.
I try to hope for nothing -- yet

I see you fighting to connect
to your drowning soul so long submerged.
You cannot give what I would get.

You may crack free, lay bare your heart all naked wet.
To me, still waiting patiently? Absurd.
You cannot give what I would get,
So I try to hope for nothing, and yet....