Dear John,

You shattered me into a million pieces!  My heart is filled with creases.  I trusted so much; even looking in the mirror couldn’t help me see.  I was willing to stand by your side, even through the really bad times.  I write what I feel.  If I were colors, I would be Teal.  My face was flushed with tears.  You ran away from your biggest fear.  Letting me in, letting me love you.  The woman before, how could she hurt you?  I am not she, and you cannot see past me.

Always had a problem with the slip of the tongue, my anger keeps asking to come.  Now I keep it silent, until you’re sitting at my front door crying.  I don’t go down memory lane.  I lock that shyt up, dead bolted in my brain.  If you get a busy tone, just know love is on my other line.

If I no longer get upset, just know the love is gone…

If I no longer respond, just know I could no longer hold on…

If you are reading this letter, just know you’ve received my “Dear John.”

 Sincerely, Shattered but not Broken