Lauren McGovern

Lauren McGovern Nov 2015

After you left,
The air was heavy,
Stale.
Nothing brought me joy.
No one could replace the hole you left.
Deep in my chest,
Rotting my heart...

So when I saw you.
A measure of months later.
I was a beast with a broken heart.
You reached out to me,
Touched my skin,
My bones shattered.
My body cried out at the agony of your touch.
But my heart screamed out in ecstasy.

#love #heartbreak #poem #poetry #sad #heart

Lauren McGovern Nov 2015

You Write Me How You Do.

I broke a poets heart.
Now I’ll be immortal in their pain.
I’ll be the ink drops on their paper.
Their demons never slain.

I’ll be your seven wonders,
Your Atlantis and your Heaven.
I’ll be simple, I’ll be complicated,
I’ll be whatever label I’m given.

When you said you loved me,
You knew we weren’t meant to be.
You took my heart and claimed it,
But never did you see.

My heart is with another.
My mind, never on you.
It’s simple, black and white.
To my heart I must be true.

#love #heartbreak #poet

Lauren McGovern Nov 2015

In that Moment.

When you left, my heart shattered.
The cracks echoed through my bones, till there was nothing left of me.
In that moment I was a wolves final cry to the moon, I was the final roar of a lion. I found I was simply finite.
And now I realise, when you left, that this is why hurricanes are named after people.
You shred your way, through our cities, through our valleys, till your destructive warpath comes to an end. Until you are just a breeze.
When the hurricane is over, I will rebuild my walls, rebuild my temple.
And in that moment, I realise I'll be okay.

— The End —