what if every part of ourselves had labels?
you asked me that under the stars the other day. i murmured sleepily about how creepy that sounds and joked about what our genitals would be labelled.
but now that you've left
finally giving up on me
finally realizing how i never understood you
finally accepting that i never will
i somehow cannot let go of you
your words that i thought were absurd
they haunt me
and although i know that my heart is an organ. that it cannot literally be broken. your metaphorical poems make me believe so.
so here's a suggestion
if our parts had labels
the heart would have-
FRAGILE - HANDLE WITH CARE
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Sugar - A Collection of Poems
Poetry"if i fed you spoonfuls of sugar would it make the bitterness in your heart leave" a collection. of poems. of stories. of poems telling stories of their own. [lowercase intended] x featured in @ec_poetry's Premium Books reading list x
