I still remember when you bought those lilacs for our anniversary.
They were divinely bright and violet. Breaths of Earth spilling from their vase, with defiant beauty like they would never die.
"This is a new chapter," you announced, with the same sincerity in your voice as when you first said I love you.
I accepted your words and flowers. I believed everything.
We left your blossoming promise on the dining room table.
Seasons passed. Rainstorms and night terrors came and went. Even when we fought, the bouquet stayed alive and breathing.
But false hope is a wicked temptress.
The naked truth is that there's no healing the kind of wounds we've left in each other. Me with my sharp words, you with your raging fists.
And I'm not a superhero. I can't separate the love from the pain, when that violence is what entwined us all along.
This is irreparable. Everything hurts with you. We've been on the verge of a flatline for months, and our breaths are strained and deathly.
It's time to pull the plug, baby.
Goodbye is never easy, but we need to preserve ourselves.
Let's touch each other while we still can, and make sure we savor it. I get to be on top this time. That's only fair, after all the shit you put me through.
Now get on the bed, motherfucker.
I grab you by the shirt and pin you down. It feels good to be the one with power for once.