Dawn Poem by Kristeta von Popper

The dawn came early and bright and yet it does not lighten my burden
I reach out from this damaged place inside of me
To fill the empty space you left in me

Only today I am abandoned in the solitude of that which can not be pleased
The sudden burst of emotions that set me free
To imagine I could strive for a better me

I turn the corner in my mind and you are there haunting me
I told you I would be strong and kind
And all I do is to hurt you now

I am not the person I told you I would be but you left no room
In a crowded place that holds your doom
So I left to try and still

The beating heart that still longs for the precious moment
When you said you loved me
And even then I knew

What could not be true but I chose to believe in that brief
Interlude where the heart expands
In her endless fantasy