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Heartache heartbreak heartquake

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By Melissa IngoldsbyPublished 2 years ago Updated 2 years ago 1 min read
Popee & Kedamono (Popee the Performer anime and comic)

I thought I wanted to feel that last shred tear from my colorless, ravaged chest

The very last rip before I collapsed

I thought I needed you to take that last agonizing moment to reform the time for us together in a new flurry of moments.

I was so fucking wrong.

heartbreak

About the Creator

Melissa Ingoldsby

My work:

Patheos,

The Job, The Space Between Us, Green,

The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books

Silent Bites by Eukalypto

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  • Randy Wayne Jellison-Knock2 years ago

    No kidding. Manisha is right. It does suck.

  • Manisha Dhalani2 years ago

    Sucks to be wrong.

  • This was so heartwrenching! Very relatable too. We always know it when it's too late. Loved your poem!

  • Powerful

  • Cathy holmes2 years ago

    Always sad when the revelation comes too late. There's a lot ofnpower in that last line.

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