Although I've burned
all of your pictures
but how should I burn
what's imprinted on my heart?
even though it's burning.
Although I've forgotten
what you said
but how could I forget
and peel off my skin?
that has your memory
like blood stains
living all over it
bleeding time by time.
How could I undo
what's already done?
how could I walk
with broken bones?
that call your name
with each crack
and I know that I can't
live with you anymore
but how could I live
with this traitor
that beats inside me
still calls out your name.
how do I live
with myself anymore?
somebody tell me.

© Ali Ashraf