Phantom Pain

There is a perception I feel in my chest, that something that was once there is still inside of me although I know it’s been laid to rest My heart was ripped out of my chest a long time ago, but I can still feel the beating deep down inside my soul It hurts every time I start to think of you, I can feel it breaking all over again although I know this can’t be true There is nothing left inside no emotions left to feel, but as I start to cry the pain becomes so real The memories flash before my eyes of you and me, and then my phantom heart starts to skip a beat It’s like I’m reliving that day repeatedly again and again, when my heart was lifted out of my chest and my life, I felt had come to an end They say you can’t survive without your heart but I’m living proof that you can, I still have every part of me except the part that feels compassion and love, so I don’t understand I’m like a walking corpse I can still smile and show emotion, but in the center of my chest lies a deep vast ocean I want my heart back, so this phantom pain can go away, but I will continue on day after painful day I will never get my heart back because I gave it to you, so when it starts to ache phantomlike, I believe maybe a part of you did love me too.