Challenge
"When it's gone, you'll know what a gift love was."
Ian McEwan, Enduring Love.
Prose or poetry.
the maze of your ice age
you leave me frozen
like a statue in a snowstorm
i sacrifice my world
for the ice king
who leaves me
with thoughts that shatter
my heart
endlessly
my sacrifices
invisible like the pain you cause
you never stop
the cycle repeats
reminding me
of my imperfections
you've turned me
into a walking trainwreck
a disaster waiting to happen
and I can't seem to escape the tracks
you've laid down
but once i find my way out
of your heart's escape room
you'll finally see as you seep
into the emptiness
i'll leave
like i never loved you
at all
and then
when it's gone
you'll know
what a gift
love was
once upon
a
time
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