Broken By You Poem by Angela Bontle Ditumiso

You left me
Without an explanation
Without a goodbye

I may smile every time
I bump into you
But inside
Boy I'm breaking
I may say I'm okay
But how can I be okay
With being trampled on by you

This frown I wear
To appear tough
This serious mask I put on
To conceal my reeking soul

I am
Bleeding, moping, wailing
I'm drowning in bitter zootoxin
Yet I look like I'm enjoying the immersion

I miss you
You know I don't try to hide it

I need you back
That I don't show

I may be glad you found happiness
But my ticker is drowning in pain
My soul is wilting from sorrow

Don't you know that I love you
Don't you know that I'm human
I feel
That I'm prone to hurt
Why did you leave me
In the manner that you did
Spitting me out like, well spit