You have a hole in your *****—
one that I used to occupy.
Now you’ve evicted me from your heart.

Aren’t you empty?
How can you remain whole?

Your absence has devastated my heart,
skewered it, and scattered it
across all the realms
where I couldn’t reach to retrieve them,
even if I wished it so.

It’s sickening to be without you,
and yet, you remain without me.

Was I not worthy of your affection?
All I ever wanted
was to pierce your skin with mine.

You were the ember to my forest—
now you’ve burned me down.