this is what heartbreak looks like

your lips on mine,
your sweater on my bed,
this is what heartbreak looks like;
and it is just like they said.
words never spoken,
messages never sent,
so, this is what heartbreak looks like;
with suffering to no end.
your pictures on my phone,
my lipstick stains on your shirt,
this is what heartbreak looks like;
and now i'm left eating dirt.
the empty beer bottles,
the quick cigarette breaks,
perhaps this is what heartbreak looks like;
when you've had everything you stand for at stake.
the long rides on your bike,
that tie i really liked,
this is what heartbreak looks like;
when you've taken me on this emotional hike.
stolen glances in the hallway,
secret rendezvous after hours,
this is what heartbreak looks like;
when we never even had much to call ours.
blown away by a storm so strong,
oceans apart and completely forlorn,
and this is what heartbreak looks like;
when i no longer have you to call my own.
you push me away like I'm a door,
a door to your next- your forevermore,
so this is what heartbreak looks like;
when you've loved from your very core.
those last few words,
were as though deliberately poisoned with hurt,
yes, this is what heartbreak looks like;
as i watch you go running right back to her.

v.k.