tell me
Nov 19, 2021
they never tell you
that heartache aches
like this.
they never say
that heartbreak feels
like an open wound.
no one says
that the emptiness of grief
fills you all the way up.
they don’t tell you
that you’ll feel the hurt
in your throat, on top of the words.
they don’t warn you
about the violence
in your stillness, surfacing memories that are dust now.
they don’t say
you’ll grow deeper depths in pain
just to feel it all over, everywhere.
I wish someone told me
that heartache aches
like this.
