7/30: Shards

The day that you broke my heart

the clouds refused to compete with my tears
because they knew they had already lost
and all of humanity complained about the drought

The sun refused to rise
unwilling to face me

I have never felt a day so cold

Tell me

When you realized infinity sign could be separated
why didn’t you tell me
instead of simply setting my bubble adrift?

How could you look into my eyes
and not drown
in the pools of persecution
I have withstood for you?

Tell me

When the truth dripped from your lips
like stomach acid
did it burn?

Did your earth quake
because mine did

Foundation ripped from underneath me
all magic carpet ride ending
mid-sentence
and you wonder why we are so afraid to give our hearts
in the first place

The day that you broke my heart

I watched shards of my self-esteem
trampled underneath the weight
of your inability
to be who I needed you to be

I decided to leave the broom in the corner
with the hope that one day
you will walk barefoot through memories of us
greeted joyously by piercing splinters
of your decisions

And realize
why on the day I left
all I took with me
were the tweezers…