GRAVITY SHRIEKS

Photo by Manouchehr Hejazi on Unsplash

galaxies collapsed

the day you asked

me to leave.

the head-splitting crash,

the deafening crack

of my heart

snapping in half

shook the heavens

loose of their reckon.

the stars rained

down in pieces,

gravity shrieked,

its arms too weak

to hold my grief.

the atmosphere cried,

opened wide

to invite you inside,

terrified, but

desperate enough

to beg you

for love.

I should’ve known

you would chase me

out of the home

I built for us,

but I didn’t.

I should’ve seen

the stars align,

the planets collide,

the universe unwind

at your arrival,

but I didn’t.

because

if you stare

at the sun

for too long,

you go blind.

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From my newest poetry collection, CARNAGE. Available now on Amazon.

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