Heartbreak
April 30, 2016 at 12:45 AM
Heartbreak doesn’t taste so good
It tastes like a gulp of whiskey
The burning sensation traveling down your throat,
Creating a furnace within your lungs
Sometimes the heat makes it too hard to breathe
Heartbreak tastes like regret
As you think of the words he used to say
Words like “I love you” start to crawl back up your throat
Making you choke and wishing it all could end
It leaves your stomach empty
Even the butterflies have been dead for far too long,
Their bodies have now turned to dust
Heartbreak feels like swallowing knives,
Engraving his name on your tongue
And ever since, his name is the only word you know
Sometimes it feels like nothing
Because the hands that once held onto you so tight,
Was the only place you felt whole
Those hands moved to your chest
Teasing you
But instead he rips out your heart
Veins and all
And there is nothing
And he has made you into nothing
Your heart can be found on the top shelf in his closet
Safe from the monsters under the bed
But not the one on top
Who took your heart
And keeps watch
Night after night
So you are unable to give it to another
Heartbreak feels like nothing and something
All at the same time
Heartbreak looks a lot like you
And I should have known
If there were a few things I could say to you
They would be:
You two look beautiful together
I am so proud of you
And I hope he treats you well
And can you leave my heart on the porch?
-(hms)