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I looked and found my chest empty. A void where heartbeat ceases. The shattered, broken heart is gone. I should have saved some bits and pieces And now I'm left with none. A corner that is dark and bare. Stripped clean of love and all the cares. So I dug and dug. Deeper and deeper. Then I dug some more. And in that hole, a seed I planted. Hoping there can grow another, One that's shiny, happy and new. For it is still dark and bare, The place where my heart once were.

Excitedly she awoke this twenty-second of December for she received a message the day before. She showered and got dressed and went about her usual day, counting hours to four. And when at last the hour came she almost skipped had she not contained herself. Bought herself some icecream cone and stumped her feet to a song. 'Ah, he's here.' she thought beaming. 'Happy Birthday.' he said. Not looking at her. 'I came by to give you your present.' He smiled a smile that did not reach his eyes. 'I love you.' She said. Almost in a whisper. Silently hoping but acknowledging the thing she already knew. He looked down and then away not