Every year I'm a different age.
Every day I learn something new.
Every second I remember the pain.

My heart burns sometimes
for all the goodbyes
that left me behind.

My body aches every so often
through the cuts that toughen
and beg to be reopened.

Through the darkness
my heart screams
"STOP IT! STOP THIS!"

But over again,
I meet someone new,
I love with half-a-heart,
and I learn the absence
of love-- I smile again.

Hello.