Playing House

April 20, 2020


Everyone always tells you that heartbreak is sad

That they get it

Everyone gets it

But they don’t tell you

How it feels

Like someone

sitting on your chest

While you play house

And all the best tricks and love

Aren’t enough

To make them stay

How powerless it feels

Like caring for a dying grandparent

The end inevitable

So you make it as comfortable and kind

As you can

And in two seconds you’re four again

And dad isn’t coming home

And no one tells you

That hurts too

Because “for the better”

Never cuts it

When you really just want someone

Anyone

To stay 

Just a little longer

Just this one time

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