things to do after a breakup
unleash the hurricanes whirring in your chest
causing the waves to crash against your rib cage
breaking you down from the inside out.
the stuffed dog he won for you at a street fair,
burn every single poem you have ever written about him,
soak the pictures in bleach
destroy every fucking memory,
maybe it will hurt less if everything else is broken too
sit and think about the first night,
when he took you by surprise with the kiss he stole,
he has always been a thief,
but still, you gave him a key.
sit and think about the last night,
when you were sitting in his car and your love was a ghost
lingering in the back seat,
where he told you he loved for the first time as he stripped you down.
he took away more than you realized.
wishing you could scrub yourself clean
of every lie, every promise, every i love you
listening to that same fucking playlist
the one that leaves you hyperventilating
the one that leaves you overflowing with emptiness.
but you know that you wonât.