Shreds of Heartache

That night you said goodbye

I slammed your car door shut

Walked up the driveway to my front door

Turned the handle

Pulled it open

Clicked it shut

As I stepped through that doorway

The world around me

Was engulfed in fire

The air thick with heavy black smoke

Stole the breath off my lips

I felt a sharp blow to my chest

Stunned by the pain

Paralyzed

My heart

It broke

It bled

It seized

It exploded

Pieces scattered everywhere

My eyes began to water

Slowly extinguishing the flames around me

Once the fire was out

I got on my hands and knees

Crawling on the ground

Sifting through the debri

I glued the shards of my heart together

But I was missing a piece

After searching high and low I climbed to my feet

Trembling I began to breathe

Not without consequence

With each deep breathe came a sharp pain

Like my heart exploding again

And again

Eventually my legs stopped trembling

But every breath without you still stung like venom in my lungs

The other day I saw the missing piece glistening in the sun

I glued it in the vacant space

Now I breath easy