The Box With a Broken Heart
Going through box after box
Memories floating around
Then I stumble upon parts of you
Items showing me the true cost
Reluctantly I sift through our broken dreams
Things I thought would never end
Our past-time of smiles has hardened to ice
I now feel the feelings I could not then comprehend
Hands gently unfolded your letters
Reminiscing what happened those six months ago
I can now read these without the hurricane of emotions
My heartbreak gradually softened the blow
The ink from the words of love and hope
Stained the paper which once brushed your hand
But I guess the time and space between us
Left your "I love you's" and false flattery bland
Still guarding my heart and emotions
I slowly tucked the pages from where they came
The next element of our past surfaced
I grabbed the next item, my nostalgia to blame
Tickets from events where our love started to bloom
Times where we were always together
The laughing, the smiling, the kisses we shared
Our memories from every last adventure
The warm, fuzzy feelings thinking about this
Abruptly and coldly erupt
As I sit there, staring at them
The last two items which made my heart corrupt
At this point I knew I'd lost it
Even though I had handled then during my heartbreak
No matter how many times I had faced them
Your necklace and bracelet made me have a double-take
Hands shaking, I picked up the wrist-let
Reading the words engraved around
"I love you to the moon and back"
I could've sworn my heart shattering made a sound
Next I unclasped the necklace
And out of old habit placed it around my neck
The butterfly upon it which was once so natural
Now oddly felt burning, a toxic speck
I sat there for what seemed like hours
The emblem resting against my chest
How could something that was once a part of me
Be burning on my skin, not at rest
No longer abe to take these distant memories of you
I buried the letters, tickets, and jewelry at the bottom of the box
I now understood the consequences of me giving you my heart
All my lover and happiness was your final cost
Copyright © Sarah Swimm | Year Posted 2015
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