about a boy. | poetry

author's note

There is going to be someone who will shatter your heart into a million damaged pieces and leave you feeling broken and empty and hurt, and when you try to sleep, you'll stare up at your ceiling and relive every moment you spent together, and you'll listen to the songs you used to love that you ruined with memories of them. When you close your eyes and all you see is their brown eyes, and you feel the tears forming in yours, don't stop them. Let it all out. Feel it. It's okay to be hurt. But when the tears stop and the emptiness takes over, remember that this pain, this insecurity that you're feeling is only temporary. Because someone will come into your life out of nowhere and give you a love you deserve and show you that it doesn't always end in hurt and heartbreak, then you'll be wondering why you spent so long hung up on someone who made you feel hard to love. Recognize your past and learn from it, but also realize it's in the past, and let it go. Let him go.

Because honey, you're still stuck thinking that they made the world, but they didn't didn't. Trees were long growing before they were even born. They didn't make the world—they just showed you.

And even if they're not in your life anymore, it will be okay. You'll be okay. Because you'll know how to live without him.