The Midnight Abyss

Learning.

  I had learned,

it wasn't easy but trying didn't hurt the same way as leaving you did. 

I had learned to not look by my side,

 when you weren't there.

 I had learned to avoid those eyes

 that had promised fidelity till eternity.

 I had learned to not wake up in the middle of the night,

 just to seek solace in those arms. 

I had learned to wake up at dawn, 

without those eyes staring at me while I slept.

 But yesterday, 

seeing you walking with her made me realize

 that I wasn't a good learner after all.