I Miss Something That No Longer Exists

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I thought I knew what heartbreak was.

I was so, so terribly wrong.

It's not gut-wrenching

Not at first, at least.

No,

It's the feeling of shock

a thought of "That couldn't have happened"

And so you go about your life

Thinking "nothing has changed"

But that's wrong.

No more "good morning" texts or "goodnight" messages.

No more sitting on a couch

Watching cheesy Hallmark movies at Christmas

Together, sitting by a fire.

None of that.

It's the feeling that overwhelms you

That no matter what

It's gone.

Only later does the gut-wrenching feeling come

When you know that

Nothing will truly be the same

Because now you're alone

And the loneliness is what stays.

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