Sterling Silver Heart

I stopped wearing your necklace.
I couldn’t do it anymore.
Every time I wore it, it felt like an anchor around my neck weighing me down, keeping me from coming up for air
It reminded me of everything we weren’t, I gave you my heart and you took it and ran leaving me with a sterling silver heart in its place
That didn’t fill the void you left but I pretended it did
Every night I lied alone in my bed clutching your necklace hoping it would stop my sobs
It didn’t
This went on for two years, 730 days
When you came back, you weren’t the same boy I fell in love with
You adopted this temper that instilled fear in me every time you came around
I continued to wear your necklace, clinging to the free spirited boy I fell in love with two years ago
Hoping that one day he would return and I could give him back his necklace and he could give me back my heart
But that day never came