I was afraid my heart didn't work**

Thank you for bringing me to parties to meet people

Thank you for staying in with me on the days people were too much

Thank you for sharing silence with me

Thank you for showing me that sometimes loud was okay

Thank you for having *** with me

Thank you for making sure all my neighbors new my name before I even met them

Thank you for holding my hand when I was afraid to face my grades

Thank you for holding my hand when I was cold

Thank you for holding my hand when I was lonely

Thank you for holding my hand when I wasn't sure if I'd made the football team

Thank you for holding my hand and cheering me on when I found out I did

Thank you for hiding me from your parents when you know they'd make you stop seeing me if they found out

Thank you for standing up for me when they did

Thank you hugging me when I needed it

Thank you for slapping me when I needed it

Thank you for showing me what happy felt like again.

Thank you for taking it away...

Thank you for showing me that happy isn't permanent

Thank you for making me fight

Thank you for making me want

Thank you for making me need


Thank you for making me watch "Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist"

...******* love that movie

Thank you for forgiving me

Thank you for giving me another chance

Thank you for being my friend

Thank you for being my best friend

Thank you for being my first real girlfriend

Thank you for filling me with so much love

Thank you for bringing me to heights I've never been to

Thank you for holding me up in the sky with the clouds

Thank you for making me feel like I was flying

and

Thank you

for dropping me...

Thank you

for letting me fall

thousands of feet

to meet with cold

hard

concrete.


But most of all

Thank you for breaking my heart.

it proved to me that it was working fine

working so fine and so well

that the moment it broke

it left no shadow of a doubt in my mind


Thank you for breaking my heart.

when I needed it most


I'll find the splintered pieces

and be back to you soon

with mended heart in hand


Thank you.