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When was the first time that you broke your own heart? Heartbreak is always described as romantic but, for most people, their first heartbreak was delivered by their own wrath. Your work can come in any format (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, story, prose, etc.) The submission will be evaluated heavily on your ability to move the reader and make them really feel with you.
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dctezcan

A broken heart

I was young

I loved you 

as a child 

loves its mother

wholly

completely

without thought

or reason

it was natural

inevitable

you smiled at me

alone and insecure

you made me feel beautiful 

I was yours forever

until 

I wasn’t 

I raged

angry at you

for some slight

an adolescent fury

destructive

short-lived

immediately regretted

full of sorrow and remorse

I sought your forgiveness

but

understanding

mercy

was not in your nature

and though I begged

for days

that became weeks

and months

and yes,

years

your silence

became an impenetrable wall

I could not fell

and so I lay my heart

at the foot

where it lies 

shriveled yet

beating still

for you.

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