Another Hopeless Love Poem???

We always search for a face in the crowd
A face familiar to us
Dear to us

Dear despite their apathy to our existence
Despite their ruthless coldness
Despite their imperfections

We live our own lives the best we can
Trying to survive for the moment
Denying the existence of our emotions

It may be subconscious
It may be a longing deep within the heart
It may even be something we refuse to acknowledge

Denial is but a natural defense mechanism
So is fear
So is hatred

But despite these shields
Someone comes along
And breaks through that armor

Leaving you bare
Wounded
In pain...

Still... we search for that face among the multitude
Hoping to catch if only a glimpse
Of a dream which we cannot obtain.