i felt your sickness brush against my arm as i walked by you -
heard your voice but couldn't tell that it was you.
and, slowly, watched your sickness slip away into a place
that i'd once feared but i was not afraid this time
so i gave chase and found it, finally, slowly feeding from your head,
and from my friends, and from my family, so i grabbed it by the neck.
"for every lover you have ruined..."
i dug my nails into its flesh.
"...and every life that you have taken..."
slammed its head against the brick.
its blood poured out onto the pavement,
i stirred it in with dirt and spit,
"i will take a part of you."
i made mortar from the mix.
tore every organ from its body,
broke its bone and fashioned bricks,
i laid the mortar in between,
i made a throne for hope to sit.
"too long you've torn us into pieces,
firmly held onto our wrists. today i bury you in me."
i swallowed every inch of it.

@frothyCloud26 Abroken heart is a heart that has been loved 👍🏻👍🏻

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