Broken Ani Leland They say I'm heartbrokenBut heartache can't sufficiently describeHow the physical agony in my chest steals the air from my lungsPain so visceral tears seem trivial - not a worthy outlet of emotionThese windows to my soul are dry, seeing clear for the first timeMy body is numb - unfeelingTorment induced disassociation shielding my fragile mindMy tortured heart no longer set alight by my twin flameBut incinerated by the resulting infernoEach broken piece fueling the blazeThe once glowing embers now cold and black

More from Ani Leland ↓

• @neversent.poetry on Instagram
• Her book, Echoes and Embers, the first in a trilogy co-authored with T.C. James, will be published this fall

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