The Heartbreak That Changed Me

Everyone has a heartbreak that changes them.

Everyone has a chapter they don't read out loud.

Everyone has a name, that if said, can break them.

Everyone has a defining moment of their life, that showed them who they are.

Everyone has a lesson they had to learn.

Everyone has a person that broke their heart.

I asked myself what heartbreak changed me,

I asked myself what chapter I don't read out loud.

I asked myself what name can break me.

I asked myself what moment showed me who I am.

I asked myself what lesson I had to learn.

But I never had to ask myself what person broke my heart.

I never had to ask myself this simple question,

because there was never a doubt in my mind that it was you.

I never had to deep dive into my life,

my memories,

my loves,

because all of them withered in comparison to you.

So, what heartbreak changed me,

well, I think it's fairly obvious.

What chapter don't I read aloud,

maybe the chapter I never finished.

What name can break me,

the only name that when it is said, I begin to fade.

What moment made me realize who I was,

when you left and painted me as a villain.

What person broke my heart,

the only one who ever truly had it.

So, the heartbreak that changed me was us.

Losing you was the defining moment of my life.

Your name still hurts,

so I can't read our chapter because it is chock full of you.

I realized who I was when you left,

and I had to keep on living like you didn't.

Our heartbreak changed me.

You changed me,

but I am still trying to figure out if it was for the better.