Closed Hearted

With youth, hearts lay open wide,
An eagerness for love to step inside,
Bittersweet it lasted only a trace in time,
Heart jaded now from a stinging crime.

Not willing to reopen, no room for more,
Reluctant to open, love's fickle door.
Philophobic un-bending the risk too great,
Not willing to endure a fragile state.

Two sides of the coin but one in the same,
Finding no single cause or the other to blame.
A feeling you gave it an old college try,
Consumed, the ability will slowly decry.

Yes it's true you won't feel pain,
From loves capricious refrain.
But closed draws another moth to the flame,
Seeking out your heart to whisper their name.