Temitope Adubi
@temitopeadubi
10 months ago

Like an empty bottle of an expensive wine, my heart laid forgotten on the shelf of your unrequited love.

It's Christmas Eve and you decided to throw a party.
Friends and neighbors were invited to celebrate in antsy.

A game of truth or dare you played with your visitors who came to watch me get disabled.
And like a bottle with no value, you picked up my heart and placed it on the center of the table.

Spin the bottle you said..
As the edges of my already fragile heart brushes against the smooth surface of the table, I missed the warmth of your bed.

The wear and tear was inevitable as your friends got more drunk and clumsy
I dare you to replace this bottle, one said as I was now getting crusty

And you sat down in your drunken state as you watched my worn heart being replaced by another.
The party went on but then and there as you failed to put my pieces together.

I picked up the edges of my now broken heart but you were too busy to notice my absence
As sober as I was, I was drunk with jealousy and hurt.
I picked up the lighter and set myself on fire of some sort.

Hoping you'd notice me burning.
But instead the party went on as if the sky was still sunny

And I died a million times.
The party went on but my love for you became slippery with crime.

I guess I was just a pawn in your game of truth or dare.
This is now a burden I might be too dead to bear.

Essie's words...