it may have taken too long...

the snow on my apartment doorstep
sparkles with imprints from your boots.
i can still hear words falling from lips,
feel your wool coat against my skin,
smell your morning hair and winter.
now your heart truly feels its loss?
feeling empty, you're moved to action?
confused and lost in your word labyrinth.
your gone now and i taste bile and salt.
trembling with decisions i cannot make.
struggling with a cold, stubborn heart
muscle made weak by love turned to stone.
are you able to build anew from stone dust?
what about leftover painful memories?
exactly how do you move forward with a scar?
you promised to always love me and keep me safe
only keeping one of those promises doesn't work.