Wise Words From a Friend

One does not stay in love with love
After one experiences heartbreak.

Each Night

I'm hurting
I'm yearning
I'm waiting for
Your touch

I'm missing
I'm sickened.

Forget implausible
But I understand I must.

Twisted and confused
About the decisions you made
About the deceptions I'll never fully understand

Acceptance is the way out
They say
Accepting that life without you
Is better

Deceptions I'll tell myself to go to sleep at night;
When the tears fall like snowflakes
Quietly and sporadic
Graceful almost;
Heartbreaking absolutely.

Why?

I'm drunk and on fire,
Missing you.

I wish I remembered
Why.

The embers in my chest
Remind me
You're worth it.

Distortions and Deceptions

And in the end
I'll see your face
In my mind's eye
Magnified and multiplied
Through a kaleidoscope

Flaws and failures
Exposed
Shortcomings
Realized

Still perfect.