I never thought I would see the day come
When we the affection we were blessed with end,
Feeling so cold, dopeless hopeless, soulless
Considering the circumstances, the failed flame
The dead slang, the bitter taste of salty diction
Saturated in vapid verbs, painful prose, shuddering
Syllables seeping down my throat as I almost choked

I couldn’t handle your departure, my stomach
Was paining severely inside, with an excruciating headache
My vivacious color changing, fainting, draining vowels
Drowning, damaging adjectives piercing my ears
Raw adverbs ruthlessly slashed across my neck
Overwhelmingly hurting, staring at a heavyhearted star
In the bathroom mirror, the scene around me a slate-grey
Tragedy of passion deeply descending into sleepy inkwells

And as I gaze at myself in the shadowy, smudged mirror
My exhausted eyes overflowing with sunken tears
Starless, moonless, great rage boiling within me,
Scorched, burnt-out, brainless, smashing the glass
With my blemished hands, the crimson-colored blood
Oozing out uncontrollably, watching the shattered debris
Land on the floor, thinking of what I thought
I meant to you, never realizing that love could hurt
This much, never believing this would happen to me
Because I thought you truly loved me, that when you
Held me in the night, your touch so smoothly
Serene and satisfying, listening to you as you
Told me you would never break my heart
Like all the ones before you did, that you
Understood a heart like mine, someone
Who was rare and undoubtedly loved
With all their power, giving another your world
To explore and rise to glorious depths

I felt every wave of your word, every intake
Of breath that came from you, believing you
Out of all people knew the profound meaning
Of love, but it was too much to my heart
When you chopped it up into meaningless
Memories, so unloving, so undeserving
Worrying me more than ever throughout the nights
Slipping into a mental breakdown, anxiety episodes
Coming and going, growing stronger and lasting
Longer, screaming and trembling, falling to my knees
And hitting the floor so hard as I laid stretched
Out on my stomach, wondering why I was so unlucky
In love, why you love me and leave me, why I loved
You so hard because when you were gone, I wanted you back
I longed for our unfinished chapter to never end