there is no poetry to falling out of love

step 1: cry. this will not be the last time you do this, but for now you are too numb to do anything else.

step 2: throw something. throw anything. throw the thing that is closest to you but also the most breakable. one of the stages of grief is anger although i cannot remember which so use that to justify this.

step 3: cry some more because the noise whatever you threw made when it hit the wall was loud and you just shattered the only trophy you ever got in your childhood.

step 4: burn all of the pictures of her and every letter she ever wrote you. try and let the flames melt the ice that has consumed you ever since she left.

step 5: eat your feelings. you have no one to impress now and nothing better to do and maybe the food will cure that deep filling of emptiness you feel in your chest.

step 6: become a temporary insomniac.

step 7: cry again because it is 4:26 a.m. and you still miss her.

step 8: stay in bed for a week straight because you're too weak from the lack of sleep and the fact that ever since eating your feelings didn't work you stopped eating. plus, the sunshine outside is too happy for you.

step 9: stop listening to her favorite song on repeat.

step 10: go outside. it's a bit cloudier today so you should be okay. breathe in the fresh air and let it fill your dry lungs.

step 11: rejoin the rest of society. and as you sleepwalk through your days try to remember what it feels like to be a human being.

step 12: watch your friend accidentally drop their coffee and laugh at them.

step 13: realize you will be okay again.