Consume

A Poem

Photo by Matt Nelson on Unsplash

You were the sun, and I was the moon

And just like theirs, our love came and went too soon

You were the ocean, singing an awful tune-

Of your waves crashing into my shore

Chipping away at my rocks, my core

You were the fire by which my eyes sting and burn-

Of your ash

Making my stomach churn

You were the lightning that hollowed

My heart

The thunder that shook

My soul

The glass that sliced through

My paper-thin wall

The man that stole my heart

And took it all

Crash. Burn. Consume-

After you, my rhythm will not resume

By @juliennajalbert