she reassured herself “i don’t miss you” as she traced her skin and empty bed sheets both would feel better with him she made herself grin ignoring the empty feeling of an empty room “i don’t miss you, i don’t miss you, i don’t miss you”
he helped build her confidence like roman architecture awe worthy and unwavering then he left but she knew she was not worth any less just as the ruins of pompeii are still admired and the colosseum still stands tall even if broken they are still beautiful so even through she feels broken she knows she is still beautiful