Better to have loved and lost…

Than to never have loved at all? 
Oh no 
I don’t think so 

Better to have stayed in the dark 
Than to have ventured into the light 
And experienced the warmth colour vivacity of life 
Only to have your eyes gouged out moments later 

For this is heartache 
Pure heartache on every level 
And this heart cannot take it 

So 
Better to have numbed and stayed unfeeling 
Better to have closed and stayed in lockdown 
Better to have chosen what endures over what perishes 
Better to never have had at all