Goodbye Poem by Jessica Lindsey

From the edges of my trembling lips
The word it stumbles, crumbles, slips
Heavy into the air, it hangs,
Then crashes down, a ton of bricks.
You stare at me in disbelief,
I mask my pain and grit my teeth
Yet, even as I turn to leave
My heart ruptures, begins to bleed.
My feet, like lead, held to the floor
I force my steps, move towards the door
My heartstrings struggle, stretch and strain
Then tear my heart out by the veins.
Even so, I do not halt
And even now, I deny fault
Blood pumping from the gaping hole
As shock sets in to numb my soul
And just before all feeling's lost
I sense the ice, the creeping frost
Spreading fingers into me
Freezing to stone where my heart should be.