Heart Stings
by Ori C. Li
And though I have searched
And searched
In my heart for the life of you
I have not found even a single
Heartbeat.
Nor have I breathed a single breath
Without thinking
Of where you might be.
I am slowly unraveling into a frozen
Ocean, becoming
Riddled with biting frost
And pneumonia—
Yet it is nothing
nothing
Compared to the pain
You have bore,
Perhaps pain
That was meant to give way
To some kind of sacrifice,
So that we could all live
To suffer your absence.
Ori C. Li is an undergraduate in MA with interests in writing, drawing and aimlessly wandering around town. She has been featured on It’s Lit With PhDj.