we talked about addiction in my psychology class
and my teacher said
that you can't compare getting over love
to getting over an addiction
because you don't go through withdrawal the same way,
because you don't get cold sweats and nausea
that may be true
but i don't think he realized
that losing someone
can drive you insane and
sometimes you're left like a crumpled paper on the floor and
you can never be smooth again and
it leaves a permanent mark and
you're just so utterly alone and
so incredibly hurt and
sometimes,
even a few years later, it could be tuesday morning and the smell of your coffee brewing reminds you of saturday mornings in bed with him and
you miss him so much your hands start to shake.