A Heart Sinks

because it doesn’t function the way it used to 

my oxygenated blood has been exhausted waiting for unreceived 

confessions from you

A heart sinks 

to the bottom of my chest 

my body now a sandbag that thuds to the floor 

at least I’ll hold every tear that tries leaving me

A heart sinks 

down my ocean of a stomach 

these waves are dangerously cruel the way they swish left 

and right crashing into my organs

A heart sinks 

inward like a bullet with no exit wound

my body zooms back 

A heart sinks 

into the pitch black void 

I try to forget the memory

the way you use two fingers 

to pull her by the chin, 

close to you, 

you give her a moist

kiss & you smile as you relax 

your forehead on hers