this intoxicating drink
is absurdly disgusting

yet tastes better
than watching you love her

so i rather sip on
this vision-blurring liquor,
in order to be unable
to look in the mirror
and realize

my eyes
will never shine like hers

my lips
will never kiss you as good

my body
will never feel as warm
as when you hold her

and my smile
will never be a smile

because i won't smile
as long as i watch you love her

Never fall in love with a poet
for their words are sometimes lies
on occasions they're a shield
on occasions a disguise

They will take you on a journey
upon which they bare their soul
in a bid to ease your burdens
in a bid to make you whole

But in every word they choose
for the stories that they tell
lies a little piece of heaven
and a little piece of hell

Tormented souls we poets are
sometimes quite broken and despaired
in search of lost expressions
missed by others who once cared

Never fall in love with a poet
unless you're prepared to share their pain
to hold them close on the darkest nights
over and again

when a heart breaks
it breaks open,
open for you
to look inside
take a handful
and taste it
smell it
hear it
embrace it
because only when hearts break
is when we really know what's inside of us
and what makes us so vulnerable to this deadly feeling