Broken

If I am to talk of love,

Then the undying love of family is what I will talk about.

I didn't know that family was love,

And will always be my first love.

 

I didn't know love until I lost him.

I didn't know how much I was glued to him

Until that day,

Until the news reached me.

 

The journey to send him off was filled with all sorts of energy,

The negative and positive kind,

Heartwarming moments mixed with heartbreak.

 

The journey to send him off

Took a piece of me with it.

It's only yesterday that I realized how much damage it caused me.

It's not something I can fix or move away from.

This is like that love story where the Princess didn't get to profess her love.

 

If only the dead could respond,

I didn't know how broken I could get

Till I turned away from his graveyard.

#Mariam Salah #The Muse's Notebook.