This might be a first- a posted poem where I am truly hurting due to heartbreak. I don’t really want to discuss what happened, but I’m sure you can guess or make assumptions. I’d much rather explain the process. I’m personally sick of the poems just talking about feelings, so I decided to try and attach inanimate objects to what I was feeling. It definitely turned out interesting, but I’m not so sure it 1) worked or 2) makes sense or 3) captures exactly what I wanted to. Oh well, you have to try to find out, right?
Your words cut through me
Keys slicing packing tape
My heart bleeds dry
A crumbled piece of paper
How can you do this to me?
A disassembled Lego set
Turn me inside out?
Dust clouding puffing in the air
I want to be with you
Plain Greek yogurt
But you can’t be
Paper shredder blades
Empty is what my heart is
Deflated balloon on the mailbox
And I can’t repair it
A shattered mirror on the ground