Cloudy night

I stay silent,

Carefully tucked into the sweet escape by my shadows.

They caress my wounds; they kiss my tear-stained face.

They mend my broken heart,

shattered into myriad iridescent pieces,

still glowing with the hope for your return.

They whisper promises of a brighter future,

of love, of hope, of a new glimmering beginning.

Yet I still hide away

behind their numbing darkness.

My broken heart still weeps,

still craves your touch,

your agonizing words,

your empty promises.

I see no light at the end of the tunnel,

yet lovingly touch my wounds.

You broke me,

But I won’t let you shatter me.

You stabbed me,

But I won’t let you wipe me from existence.

You erased me from my life,

But I will softly piece my new reality.

I will fight,

Every day, every hour, every second

Until the universe shatters around me,

And I will glow again.

I will glow,

with the shine of a sky

filled with an infinity of stars on the darkest night.

I promise,

myself,

that I will rise.

And I will burn you to the ground with the softest rays of sunshine,

that you withheld from me,

when I gave you my heart, soul, and endless love.

I can promise you that.