THE CRACK IN MY RIB
Like the ice breaks So does the heart But the mind makes it resilient Something the ice lacks For so long, you held my heart Like the mountains hold the earth without fail Never moving an inch Always a whisper away You gave me love And I laughed You smiled and tripped But stayed and never strayed Your love runs in my veins. On days when I miss you most It clots Attempting to suffocate me A little reminder of how much love I deserve Even from a distant figure of unfading memories Inevitably, time and land Widened the gap between us Disintegrating our unripe love In those moments of space Without your presence Talk without your response Pain without your comfort I was forced to love myself The way you loved me Even now, here and now Your love fills a void But it also creates another one An even bigger one Because, for you, leaving is inevitable, Sadly. Yussif Ahmed Ibn Yussif