Save your tears

Save your tears. We are no longer a pair; For when I lay eyes on you, my chest fractures until my lungs cannot catch the thinning air. I should have known the moment I leaned in— resting my head against your ribs, I didn’t hear a heartbeat. I heard the cold, automatic cycle of a handgun. A bullet fired cannot be reclaimed; that is us now—lead and smoke. I tasted the salt of betrayal first, a desperate search for toxins in my own blood, trying to prove I wasn't just addicted to the heat. But standing next to you wasn't a spark— it was the slow climb of Hell. My love was a solar eclipse, a shadow I cast to hide the jagged truth of you. You slithered through my grace, looking peaceful while the venom pooled under your tongue. Now the light has returned. My heart is torn, unrepairable while I breathe your ghost. Keep your tears; they are just water on a grave