Before I Bled
A breakup "nonet" love poem
By Gina C.Published about a year ago • Updated about a year ago • 1 min read
Photo by Jesse Balay on Unsplash
Before I was a bleeding heart, I
was {{ruby starfall}}: your cosmic
flame of red. Cerise finesse,
bursts—in blushed chests: we were
scarlet zest (before
I bled): before
you left my
texts on
“read”.
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-Gina C. 🧚♀️✨
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Gina C.
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Comments (10)
Oooh yes I love the ending word here 'read' like 'red' very cleverly done!
I hate being left on read. I don't deal well with rejection or being ignored 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Your Nonet hit me so hard and I loved it!
What a beautiful concept. I adore bleeding hearts - the flower, I mean.
I love reading these, anticipating the last word and this one had quite a sad impact on the realization that they are not going to respond. Great work as always Gina C.
"Cerise finesse" - I love this. Your language is always so vivid and evocative, Gina. This was beautifully done. 💗
Wow! I absolutely love this! Nice job!
Impressive choice reds here! Beautiful and sad 🥹
I really like this one.
That was really sad 😔 beautifully written and expressed.
Nice poem.