You left

A poem I wrote a while ago

and just like that

you chose to leave

after all we have been through

you took the love i gave you

and threw it away

without a second thought

taking not only my best friend

but my reason to force the shallow

breathes in and out

of my already clenching throat

in a desperate attempt to keep

the shuttered cries inside

Author's Note

I leave out the capitalization on purpose so please focus more on the context instead of that.

Reviews

[Kirk Millson]

It's nice. It's very sad, but nice.

One thing, it should be "breaths." With the E it is breathe, as in the verb to breathe.

[Jo]

I didn't even notice that. Thank you!