A break up is more horrific than hollywood makes it seem.
It is not the
one day ‘yes’,
one day 'no’
milkshake love story we endlessly see.
It is instead
the cautious daily peeling
of your lovers clenched fists
from around your heart.
A jeweler guarding their most precious treasure.
Every morning another inch,
another finger prized apart,
another soul relic stolen back in the quiet dark…
Until finally,
their dreaming hands
are left to grip only each other.
Your heart is freed -
but no victory.
Squeezed so long by love
It is unsure
misshapen,
dented.
Left to tip toe out of loves embrace;
a thief at dawn.
Carrying its battle-bloody self away.
The precious jewel the lover clenched in their fists
has performed its own robbery.
Alarms and sirens!
Fire departments and 999!
The chaos of rescue must be called to this burglary
where lovers mouth is a black hole of screams,
Pacing and wailing endlessly
Nails scraping palms for any sign
of the beloved jewel
now just a mirage in their dreams.
“Fill the streets with flyers! A search party! A reward! Bring me back my ward!” the lover shouts desperately.
But silence ensues,
A pen on a page
A tear-made ink stain
A pillow-muffled scream
behind a locked door
Is all the world hears
For the reclaiming of ones own heart
Is deemed a crime
Only by art.