i live each day
stuck in yesterday,
knowing all i crave
is an apology from you.

if i heard your voice,
just two words,
i’d be lifted from this curse.

i want to love,
but i only wanted you.
you were the first,
the only,
the one i gave my all to.

now i’m scared,
alone in this world
that used to be ours.

every body i touch
just makes me feel
emptier and emptier —
none like you,
none who hold me together,
none who want my mind.

i feed them lust,
but i’m just a pretty face
with a broken soul.

this same old dance
is getting old.

i want to heal,
but i don’t know how.

release me.
set me free.