Hurt Me Once Shame On You, Hurt Me Twice Shame On Me Poem by Autumn Christina Adair

His eyes whispered goodbye as he slipped away
My cheeks trickled, my heart turned black
Like a terminal illness he stole my life away
Emptiness laughed in my face and to the ground I went
Everyone staring around me, blurry and slurred speech

Opening my red swollen eyes, I was confused
I always knew that love hurt but death destroyed me
All my will and strength to live, snatched away
A carpet from beneath my feet dragged through hell
A train that wouldn’t stop or take me back

Now, I’m past exhaustion
I don’t feel well, not like I’m supposed to
Say hello, hold me tight, come see me and stay all night
Don’t! I couldn’t do it twice my love
I don’t want to die again