i’ve let my heart break

i’ve let my heart break
a little
enough to hurt
a lot

though there’s a last time
and a moon

between us
i am whole
in parts

you turned me
so kindly
held
all my holding

this first break
post-break
is the bravest

 


 

This, after a long period of intentional solitude. Time alone has been essential; time together, in this instance, reparative.

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