Condemned

You’ve broken me to pieces.

The shards you’ve left behind

miss you.

Without signs

you left

yet

you claimed that

we were it.

Our kisses…

our…

Where do I start?

There is neither a beginning nor an end with us

and

we will always be.

I want to go back

and beg you

beg you to stay,

kiss those beautiful feet of yours.

I beg you

just

please

don’t leave.

My flesh yearns for you-

You.

You’ve left me

speechless

out of control.

You cracked my shell open and

convinced me to trust.

Convinced me to have blind faith

in you.

It was hard, but the instant

I let you in

the instant I let it all go for you,

you shoved me back into that shell

I am left kicking and screaming for us.

And now?

Now all that is left of me is debris

hidden behind the prison you welded shut.

The letters of your name shackle me,

for they are the metal chains you have me carrying around,

everywhere

without exception

you are everywhere.

I promise you,

I do not dare

try to build myself up again

as this was the last imprint you left on me

and I don’t have it in me to try to

erase you.