what they don't tell you

they tell you that love will heal your wounds

that your scars will disappear;

so each time we kissed, i thought

it would fix me

but i was still cracked

and i thought we needed to give it more time

because glue takes awhile to dry

but the day never came where i could keep my pieces in place

and you walked away because we tore each other in two.

i drank until i forgot my name

but i always remembered yours.

i smoked until i forgot what oxygen felt like;

i wanted to die, so i tried to die.

i burned everything of you

but with it, the remnants of me.

they tell you that love will heal your wounds-

they don't tell you that it will swallow you whole

Author's Note

does this seem overdone ?