Showing posts with label What Heartbreak Felt Like. Show all posts
Showing posts with label What Heartbreak Felt Like. Show all posts

Monday, 24 August 2015

What Heartbreak Felt Like, by Annabel Hawkins


A full stop. In the middle of a sentence.
Not enough water in the jug for a cup of tea, and
all the milk's run out for good. Fumbling for your
keys in your bag at night. No-one remembered to
switch the light on before they went out.

That time you forgot your coat in a southerly,
called home and no-one was there. Just the hollow
sound of you waiting on the other end. But I've got
news, you