When She Stops Saying "I Love You Too"

Don’t lose pieces of yourself inside her mosaic.

If there is shattering, then there will always be a rebuild.

Worship the moon instead of her favorite song

and the next time you hear it, don’t sing along.

Never walk the three miles to her house

even after all the gin is gone

and your friends have taken away the keys.

Your time with him is out.

Stop pretending you can still hear the clock ticking.

Trace the equator on an atlas

instead of all the piercings you remember on her soft lips

so you’ll finally have a place you’ll be able to end up at.

This was just a typo in your life story.

You’ll know how to proofread it better next time.

Until then, even if it takes a forklift,

sit yourself up from the floor

and let your heart go door to door

until it finally finds what it’s looking for.

She didn’t forget that she loved you, she simply realized

that she did not love you in the first place.

a harsh reality that might have taken too long to

hit