2018

 

12/16/25

Prompt: from the perspective of your shadow when you are heart broken

2018

I realized slowly, oh so slowly, that there was no mending to be had
I wept slowly, oh so slowly, while being tinclad

Introspection is where I was left
My body and mind were cleft

It felt like I couldn’t breathe
My blood and mind seethed

I thought this was forever
and never thought I would hear myself say, “whatever”

I thought we were friends
and that this would never end

But the more time went on, I could not ignore the fact that I was alone
Left like an outcasted old crone

“How could you leave?” You shot back as I had tears in my eyes
As if you hadn’t ignored all my cries

Years of pain and losing myself
No reflections of himself

I lost not just a lover, but also a friend
Yet had to come to terms that this was all just a dead end

Never saw the vulnerable side
Instead you would just hide

I decided I wanted better
and wrote myself a love letter