Silent Violence

Zipper shuts

Knots tied

Salt pours out

My eyes

Silent pain

Eats away

Bend me backwards

forget my name

Piece it together

Cherish me

I won't get better

I want together

Perishing

Cut me open

Harvesting

Sell my organs

Take all of me

Leave me with nothing left

Steal my last breath

I would rather be dead then without your earthen eyes

Break my heart, if you must

Break my bones, break my trust

I would give you

Everything

Everything

everything

You would give me

Nothing

Nothing

nothing

Stop taking my heart and splattering it on the ground

Stop saying you will

then not doing it

And then doing it anyway

after you say you won't

All this time

all this time

Couldn't you see

Inside...

i'm

crying

My face is

blank

Blank slate

Empty plate

Shiny and new

Reflect my face

I don't want to see me

Unless it is in the reflection of your eyes

*

𝔉𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔄𝔲𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔯

This poem was born of having someone proclaim their love for me over and over again, in words only, where their actions fell short in almost every way. I cared for this person deeply, but I will never speak to them again. Just a reminder that it is okay to let go, permanently.