**I wrote this poem off a prompt of my own creation, if you use this prompt, please give me credit for the prompt.**

**Prompt: Describe how it feels to love someone who is no longer there - whether through distance, breakup, or death. Let the emptiness speak as loud as their presence once did.**

**This was posted right after I found out my crush was moving, so it was kinda hard to write. Heh. **😢

We said

It was for the best,

But without you,

There’s a lingering pain

In my chest

Because you may

No longer feel that way…

But I

Still do,

And I don’t know why.

You left a hole

In my heart,

So it’s no longer whole.

I still

Love you,

And I

Always will.

You said

We were just

“Taking a break,”

That maybe time

Would heal our wounds

And someday

We’d find our way

Back together,

But I should’ve known

You were

Lying.

_It’s time I stop_

_Trying…_

But every time

I toss and turn

In my sleep,

I wind up

On the empty side of the bed

On which

You used to lay.

_The emptiness_

_Is consuming me…_

I send you

A message or two,

Praying

That we’ll reconnect,

Though every time,

You leave me on

“Read,”

My heart feels

Dead.

_Your lack of response_

_Speaks louder_

_Than your words_

_Ever did…_

Each and every call,

You decline them all,

And I’m left

Crying,

Listening

To your

Heartbreaking voicemail.

_That’s the only way_

_I can hear_

_Your voice_

_Anymore…_

_In our separation,_

_I had no choice…_

All I want now

Is to be with you

Once more,

But your absence

Is all-consuming,

It won’t leave me alone.

_And it’s not _

__

_Like you’ll come back,_

_You wouldn’t even_

__

_Give it any thought…_

Your absence

Consumes my mind,

It hurts

Knowing that you left me behind

Without a plan

To come back.

_Maybe_

_In another life,_

_We would have_

_Gotten through the strife,_

_Fought through_

_With the power of love,_

_Then soared high_

_Like two white doves…_

__

_But that’s just a _

_Fantasy,_

_Here in reality,_

_My world is_

_Empty_

_Now that you_

_Are no longer there…_

__

_The sound of silence_

_Rings in my ears…_