Healed Lips

Salty sorrow

My lips have healed…
but my eyes are sore,
my cheeks are carved
and I taste salt and sorrow.

They used to be scorched
from all our kissing,
nibbled by your passion,
and plump from all the friction.

Healed lips.
Salty sorrow.
Yes… broken heart.

[aE. 23Mar]

handwritten text by the author

From time to time, emotion beats you to the punch and control goes out the window. Then, you go into damage control, and try to manage how many tears you can contain and how many tissues you need… or how many words and pages you need to put your sorrow into. Or both!