tell me, does anyone feel the same way?

i feel love as intensely as i feel pain when i stick my hand atop a burning stove.

it, for just a moment, becomes everything that i am.

but why when i direct this love towards someone, i unknowingly long for it to strike a broken glass, not mirror.

the reciprocation of emotions disgusts me yet i can't fathom why.

i feel incapable of loving someone who in turn feels that way about me.

and just as intensely as i felt love and pain,

i feel emptiness festering it's way into my hollow bones.