la poetry~

you only pushed the stake in far enough for it to hurt, a pain that gnaws at the soul.

as my mind quiets and tears wet the flesh of my face

i wonder if it was easy for you

as a creature of the night, the moon and stars

burn just as much as the sun now

for you reside with them in my memories.

there’s a gaping hole in my sternum now,

my guts spilling out all the words i’ll never get to say.

the cold air chills my spine, my heart shrinking away from the freezing death.

if i were not a vampire i would surely die,

for without you there is a lack of oxygen.

it would be easier to erase my mind of you

but i’d rather suffer than forget your sweet memory.

the memoir of your love, the only thing that thawed out my icy veins.

i once saw you in everything, so now it all reminds me of you

everywhere i turn i’m freshly gutted

for all there is, is the dreadful absence of you

the once comforting ghost of your lips on mine,

is now only a bite to the flesh that reaches every corner of my ribs and crushes down with a force

that makes me see stars

i’m not bitter, not towards you

you’re the sweetest thing i hold onto

i know it’s over, yet i still cling to the

phantom of the knot that anchored us together

my world returns to black and white, only the edges tainted with what’s left of your color.