bruised.     -t.h.
knuckles bruised and bleeding
he’s starting to lose all feeling
fueled with rage and sadness
he rampages through the madness
thinking he had it made
she quickly put him in his place
ending the happiness before it started
she cut ties with him, leaving him broken-hearted
confused and startled he doesn’t know to cry or scream
so to numb the pain inside he punches and throws things
the pain outside doesn’t hurt as much as the inside
she left him feeling useless, as she said she’d found someone better this time
moving on will take all the strength he can muster
he feels so stupid because, though she’s moved on, he still deeply loves her.
                                                       bruised.     -t.h.