Sometimes it takes losing someone,

To realize

You love them

But then you’re stuck,

With feelings that could have belonged,

Without the person

They were meant for

So all you have left

Is pieces of your heart;

Instead of the whole

But you can’t quite make them fit,

Back together,

Not perfectly;

As time slips a

                        w

                              a

                                   y

So you fill the cracks;

One laugh

One joke

One smile at a time

Until your fractured heart

Beats once more