when you feel your heart breaking
your body will start shaking.
you'll look away,
curse the tears because they didn't stay.
when you feel your heart breaking
your chest will start aching.
your lungs will cry out
and you'll gasp as you fill them through your mouth.
when you feel your heart breaking
you'll spend all the time faking.
hold your breathe,
pretend you aren't aching.
slam your eyes shut, tell yourself you aren't breaking.
when you feel your heart breaking
the shards will impale your weak chest,
they'll cut you open and make you shriek in the night
the nightmare doesn't end when you open your eyes.
when you feel your heart breaking
you check your chest for the proof
but there's nothing there but the skin
you wish you were not born in.
Jan 19, 2015
Jan 19, 2015 at 3:02 PM UTC
when you feel your heart breaking
your body will start shaking.
you'll look away,
curse the tears because they didn't stay.
when you feel your heart breaking
your chest will start aching.
your lungs will cry out
and you'll gasp as you fill them through your mouth.
when you feel your heart breaking
you'll spend all the time faking.
hold your breathe,
pretend you aren't aching.
slam your eyes shut, tell yourself you aren't breaking.
when you feel your heart breaking
the shards will impale your weak chest,
they'll cut you open and make you shriek in the night
the nightmare doesn't end when you open your eyes.
when you feel your heart breaking
you check your chest for the proof
but there's nothing there but the skin
you wish you were not born in.
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