Dear Lover

I saw the love notes you wrote on my skin fade away with the memory of you and how you made me feel. It took me almost one year and the smoke of innumerable cigarettes to melt the words you said to me into the words I said to someone else and to kiss his lips like I kissed yours. Thus, making way for a new heartbreak. There are nights when I find myself looking for pieces of you in him but his words don't sting and he makes me happier than the summer sun. However, happiness is temporary and you taught me that. Therefore, I don't cling to him or his kind heart. Often, I drown myself in whiskey and his sweet kisses only to wonder when its all going to end and no amount of liquor or love can ward off his inevitable goodbye.