Earrings
A pair of sparkles
From your land
Across the oceans
I hold in my hand
A shard of your heart
To keep with me
To remind me of you
How it’s meant to be
I take them out
On special occasions
And stroke them with burning disdain
Reminded of my forgotten pain
Questioning what could have been
And what loneliness truly mean
I know that I have lost your game
Now I am left with eternal shame
I’ll wear them on my wedding day
To replace the pogo stick you promised me
To replace the dolphin in our sea
To replace the emptiness you left behind
To replace the missing soul I can’t find
To replace the life you stole away from me
I’ll wear them on my wedding day
In a vain hope
That the crystals
Will draw attention away from my tears
A heart too broken to mend
They’ll think it’s joy
To shed a tear or two
Because they don’t understand
That he isn’t you
A poem that I’m working on. It’s still not the way I intend for it to be. But I’ll continue changing it until I’m satisfied. In the meantime, this is a work in progress.
