The Wordsmith

Poetry and Shorts by Brent Allen Bennett

Happy Heartbreak

I hurt you and it makes me happy
Lets me know how much you care
It’s not necessarily that I want you to feel down
And abandon hope for despair
It’s just nice to know that someone like you
Holds me in such high esteem
But I’m broken now
And I don’t know how
To change or fix anything

I hurt you and it makes me happy
To know I mean so much to you
But I’ve come to the conclusion
That my heart isn’t capable
Of holding any love for you

Because I’m broken now
And I don’t know how
To fix the damage that’s been done
I’d try to explain but I don’t think
You can understand
Just know that you can’t be mine
And I can never be yours
But in a perfect world things wouldn’t end up this way

I hurt you and it breaks my heart
Because you don’t deserve the pain
If it’s any consolation
I want you to know I feel the same
I wish things didn’t have to turn out
The way that they have
But I don’t know if
They could have ended any other way

I hurt you and it breaks my heart
Because I know you would do
Anything for me
And maybe that’s what turns me off
Because I don’t deserve
To be loved unconditionally
There’s something about you I’m drawn to
Just like I know there’s something
That draws you to me
But my heart’s not open
At least not for now

One Response to “Happy Heartbreak”

  1. Nathan Miller said

    I dig your work and admit that I usually feel too ignorant and confused by poetry that I can’t give anything other than technical critique. In line 6 of the fourth stanza, “they” is missing a y. That being said, I think you do an incredible job of capturing and conveying an entire emotional landscape. I feel as though I’ve been in the same place you were writing from, whether I’ve experienced the same things you have or not. Good writing, and a happy fucking birthday to you.

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