Piece By Piece
She wasn’t alive when you were finished with her
You ripped apart, piece by piece
limb by limb
until she was gone
You didn’t start with her heart
Like most would think
You started with her eyes
She loved to look at you
And you loved the attention she gave out
So you took her eyes
So she wouldn’t look at anyone else.
Then you seized her lips
Because every time she said those three words
You grew afraid she’d say them to someone else
So you took her lips and put them in your pocket
So she couldn’t speak to anyone else.
The list goes on
You took her ears so she would only listen to you
You took her fingers and hands so she could only touch you
You took her legs so she couldn’t leave you
Then
And only then
You took her heart
With all of her love for you
You took her heart and put it in your Pandora’s box
You left her as a shell
With all of her assets in your pocket.