I tore your kiss <br />from my lips <br />where for years <br />it had built its nest. <br /> <br />I peeled off <br />your touch from my cheek <br />to seek peace with my self. <br />I plucked you <br />from my heart <br /> <br />to be free <br />of the pain of you. <br />I shattered <br />my soul’s reflection of you <br />to escape the ghost <br />of your haunting. <br /> <br />I broke into pieces <br />the memories of you <br />to prevent them <br />owning me forever. <br />I burned my tears <br />that shackled me to you <br /> <br />to have again the freedom of the skies <br />only to find I <br />had destroyed <br />what little was left of me.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/and-then-i-cried/
