Sitting awake in restless dreamless night
Clutching the last shreds of what I call love
I still feel the burns on my face and know I am hurt deeper
Outside bore no scars, the wounds held trapped inside
I broke the silence with a sigh
Bathed my form was in pale moonlight
I opened my eyes to look down weeping
At the form of your pristine body gently sleeping
My hands grasp pencil and scribble and scrawl
The ravings of agony and loss blister on the page
To lose what was once the most beautiful gift
To scream into the night without waking a soul
I write all this down for you to know i have been here
Last night i was close enough to almost feel your breath
I can still feel the burning stab of tears upon my face
Last night i couldnt sleep, I watched you slumber on
My heart skipped beats every time you stirred
I wished and longed to know your dreams
Sat in the blackness silently I felt the tears cascade down
The end was closing with tragic finality
Curtain falling on our very lives together
I could only stand and watch
Silently screaming to hope you heard my voice
So i write all this down for you to know I have been here
Last night I sat and watched you draw sleeping breaths
I write this down for you to know I cannot sleep in restless hours
So when you woke, I had left with the promise i will not look back
Author notes
Poem about well, me after being broken up with one night i sat up at the girls house and wrote a note and left and never looked back.
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A contest entry
- Break my heart. by black-angelwings-.
300 points, ended November 4, 2007, 31 entries
Bronze trophy winner
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Comments
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I like the poem but it raises questions.
If you were sleeping in the same bed, did she know you two had broken up? If you came in her house while she was asleep,
after y’all had broken up, did she feel violated? Did you keep your promise not to look back? They are not questions you need to answer, of course. They just come to mind. 
Good write.
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I'm not sure if it's just the fight I had with my boyfriend, but your poem actually brought tears to my eyes (and being the last poem out of 38 Ive read today and been the only one to make me tear up, you're pretty damn good) It's too bad these revelations occur after such heartbreak. You have such talent being able to take something so painful and turn it into something so beautiful and constructive. Thank you so much for entering my contest and I would love to read more of your stuff (unfortunately I can't because this contest is anonymous)
Good luck in the judging!
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