Dear Ex,

In the shackles of your love, my life hangs...

I feel like a bird with paralyzed wings,

In the sea of the abyss, my soul floats in clang,

Like a fish denied water and left to wring...

It had been very hard to even breathe,

The air seems so poisonous to my useless being,

I move around like a ghost in a sheath,

Yet within, the aches wouldn't budge or set me free...

And I'm constantly reminded of the day we bid goodbye

The pain I still find so hard to hide,

For my heart was ravaged and left sore,

I'd never imagined losing a love so pure,

Maybe we did try hard to make things right,

But the truth is, our love was nearly never in sight,

I watched you leave as my world fell apart,

Ever since then, I haven't moved on for my heart still bears the spark,

You remained there on the steepest edges of my memory,

A love so strong I yearned to find again and feel,

So, I tried...