Once, I had a ring
I wore it every day
To me, it was the most beautiful thing in the world
I loved it tirelessly
But one morning, when I went to slip it onto my finger,
it broke

I tried everything to put it back together
to fix it
I held the pieces close
I whispered my love for it and asked for it to be whole again
Nothing would work
Not for long

I gave up,
but I kept the pieces,
holding hope that one day I might be able to fix it
To have my beloved again

I cling to the debris,
even as it begins to weigh me down
and in my reluctance to move on,
I hold on to pieces of you

But only just enough.