New Pain

My heart is broken, shattered into jagged pieces.

Some shards so sharp they stab my chest from the inside.

This pain is new. 

Never cried like this before.

Never wailed because a part of me is torn away.

For this pain isn't just about a lost lover.

This pain isn't just for a man I kissed.

This pain is for my friend.

A best friend.

An old friend.

He ripped out my soul and tore it to shreds with his hands.

He left me sobbing alone, empty in the dark.

In the room where he had held me the night before.

Where he said he loved me the night before.

The shards are stabbing me here in the dark.

My tears burn in the cuts from my own heart.

This is a new pain.

This pain for my friend.

This pain for my love.

This pain is new.